This is for anyone who is just starting to watch MDC play. Don't turn on him yet, although I'm starting to see a Reinhart-like impatience starting up. Yes, his skating isn't great. Yes, he needs to work on his strength and conditioning. Yes, he needs to work on his defense. You can glean all of that from practices, pre-season, etc. But you don't get a sense of what MDC brings until you put him with another smart, skilled player like Ho-Sang. He's a goal scorer, that's prettt much it. He knows how to put the puck in the net. Everything else can and will be worked on, but in the end... we don't have many pure goal scorers. MDC is that. For a fanbase that likes to hype up their prospects and then chew them up and spit them out if they don't score 50 goals on day 1 one after juniors, please have some patience and give MDC a chance. He may even need two full AHL seasons, but I think he'll be fine and his best attribute is what we need the most.
