To me, he has pretty limited offensive weaponry. His skating is his best attribute by a large margin.
He showed some seriously crisp passing early on. I remember some awesome 4v4 and 3v3 shifts; he and Sanheim did dirty things on the cycle together. His game has trended down. The 7D shit is wearing thin too. But it is curious that the more Tortorella hypes him up as a rover, the more passive he's gotten. Maybe he's banged up, who knows?
I do think he looks like the best PP QB of the bunch they have -- certainly, I prefer him to York, who is more limited. But I agree, I don't see high end shake and bake. It's
good. His skating is good too, but even then, I don't think it's
elite. We get to watch Sanheim be a f***ing monster off the rush every game -- I don't see
that. Drysdale's burst is a bit better in the cycle.
I've said that if he's a top 4 guy, that's a win. We just always go through this song and dance (shoutout Ducks fans) where guys have to be 70 point Norris #1s or else.