How's Tyson Jost doing? Thought he had the looks of a 2c.
Overall, for a 20 year old that's been asked to anchor a 2nd line, I think Tyson Jost has performed admirably well. He's been good defensively which is usually where these young guys struggle early on in their careers when you put them in that type of situation. (even Ryan O'Reilly was brought along as a #3C for his first 2 years behind Stastny and Duchene)
Jost hasn't had ideal teammates with Kerfoot who's a good player but more of a playmaker and Wilson who's more of a depth player with limited offensive abilities. He's struggled the past 3-4 games after having a strong first 5-6 games to his season which isn't unusual for a 20 year old. The skating 'issues' that many Avs fans point to is blown out of proportions in my opinion...our team is pretty fast so if a guy is only 'average' it tends to stand out a bit but he's not horrible like many people seem to think. If Jost is a horrible skater then so is Paul Stastny & Carl Soderberg because he's definitely on par with those guys.
I have no doubt that Jost is going to get there and become an excellent #2C as long as Avs management are patient with him unlike a certain portion of the fanbase.
I don't get why so many Avs fans are so impatient when it comes to letting our youngster develop. Jost is still only 20. Kerfoot is still only a 2nd year player, as is Compher. MacKinnon just turned 23. Rantanen is 22. On top of that, Sakic keeps talking about how he wants the youngsters to step up and grow into roles. What's the rush?
I think people see the top line and how well they are doing and can only start to imagine 'what if'...and then you get some fans who are maybe a bit impatient. It's understandable but as it stands right now, I'm with you. Stay patient and stay the course. The team is winning right now...let's ride it out until we're not.
I will say that I do believe that there will be a major acquisition at some point because there are probably too many pieces competing for the same spots but I don't think that will come until later on.