I have only been watching extended game highlights of him in the OHL, but from what I've seen he looks solid. Making a lot of plays that don't end up on the stat sheet. As for the WJCs, I must admit I was very impressed with how dominant he was in all phases. I really like that style of player. Tons of skill and pace, but the beauty is in the subtle plays.
He very well could bust but people throwing the towel on him this fast could be getting served the Slaf crow dish again.
There is always 1 scapegoat among our prospects group, Mesar swapped position a couple of weeks ago, he is now centering Kitchener 2nd line and playing with Salé who is on the soft side, the chimestry hasnt been quite there yet.
We will see, he sure needs big playoffs since the last couple of weeks have been underwhelming.
For me, he is trade bait to package with the Winnipeg first yo move up or get a young player already in the nhl that a team may have quit on.
Personally Im not giving up on Mesar yet and since we have more depth on D, I would use Barron or Harris to move up.
Barron might still have some value (late first/second equivalent see nils lundqvist trade. Harris is probably 3rd rounder equivalent. It all depends how big of a fish we are trading for
From my viewings, I don't think it was too much to do with the head injury. I think the addition of Sale and the subtraction of a big body puck retriever from his line hurt a lot. Suddenly he was doing the main puck retrieval role, which isn't his strong suit. With Martin and Swick out, he still is as Sale and Misaljevic aren't puck retrievers.
Well because he had a rather pedestrian end to the regular season. He’s 5’10 and 170lbs and doesn’t provide much defensively. So he better show a lot more offensively for us to think he’ll have an impact in the NHL. His PPG in the CHL didn’t really improve much from last year. To classify it as anything other than disappointing would be a mistake.
