if his skating doesnt improve he will never make it...of all the main hockey skills, stick handling, passing, skating, and shot, skating might be number 1, i mean you gotta skate good to gain edge over others
hyman, brown, and kapanen should be very important to our forward defense and PK moving forward...they can skate man, they cover ice, thats what its all about, covering the ice, with skating and motor and hustle, you need this forward forechecking defense, as well as your defensemen playing good D to win, then your skilled offensive guys can do the rest...plus kapanen, brown, and hyman have more than solid enough offense and hands for their roles
you dont need elite speculation on leivo, you need elite speed on leivo, then he be good enough to play on 1st line...same with gauthier, cause how awesome would a 6'5 240 pound body with defense look at the 4C right now, but gauthier has to up that speed more too and be able to cover the ice better just like leivo or they wont stay on team