I am not sure about that, he is not as good offensively as people claim he is, he has been playing with top offensive players like McKenna, Wiseblatt and Basha. Still very decent but his hands are not that great neither are his on ice awareness and playmaking ability. I love his skating, shot and physicality but I am not convinced he is a #1 center. I am worried he is another case of just a player that is too dominant to junior player because of his size but not good enough with the pro because he cannot dominate with his size like in junior.