He's got a lot of skill and was good at the Hlinka as you said. Probably my favorite US HS/HS-Prep player in the draft. But he was playing above his true talent level, as he was already too good for HS-Prep competition last year, probably should have left and actually challenged himself in the USHL. Now we all get to see if he can dominate as an 18 year old before going off to North Dakota, one of the top talent developers in the NCAA as we all know.
It was a bit early to make the gamble on Zellers, as there were more proven players I was more comfortable with (ex: Misa, Kiviharju, Marques, Mrsic, Patterson, & Romani), but there's boom potential here. You do worry about him running out the clock to August 15 2028 UFA, but you have to first hope he pops off in junior and the NCAA before then.