I could definitely see why the scouts liked him during preseason. He was a monster in board battles, seemed to always come away with the puck whenever he went in on the forecheck. If he develops even a little bit of offense, he could turn into a big 4th liner who is a giant pain in the ass on the forecheck.
I guess they liked him too. Good for him to go from an overager who was on nobody's radar to a 7th round pick to an ELC in the span of six months.