Seriously...
He basically described the opposite of Sproul. At this point, he's probably NOT going to be an NHLer unless he bounces back in a big way. But if he becomes one, he'll be the point producing offensive threat that kills it on the PP - Letang type. I feel like he was describing Marchenko in his post more than anyone else.
Sproul has also been my vote the last few rounds based on ceiling alone. Nasty is definitely more likely to be an NHL regular though, so depends on what you prioritize.
Guy's with Sproul's tools and physical gifts generally get a sniff regardless.
Guy he reminds me of most right now Cam Barker, even he got chance after chance.
Sproul has the gifts that I think even if waived somebody will pick him up and hope to play him third pairing and PP.
6'3" 200+ lbs guys that can skate like him and have a big shot like he does get a chance. It will be a quick one though if he doesn't improve.
I think you're referring to last season. In his rookie season (13-14) he played all but 4 games (at least 2 were because of an NHL call-up) and all playoff games. 2nd highest scoring D in regular season & playoffs.
Sproul was quite good offensively in his rookie campaign.
Actually a little progress defensively this year while most of his offense went away. He was more physically engaged this past season and a little better position wise. Problem being he is still very poor at both, he went from trainwreck status to occasionally being in the right spot and occasionally throwing the body. But there was progress there, it is just the guys he was competing with continued to get a lot better and Sproul is really the one needing to make quantum leaps. For the record he vastly outplayed Backman, which should tell you how poor Mattias was for those freaking out about him being dealt.
