The only complaint/worry that I agree with here is the shooting percentage. 29.5% isn't sustainable, clearly, but it's been steadily going down (44.4% last I checked it) and he's still putting up points. He doesn't play on a powerhouse team, he plays on a team with a powerhouse player that he wasn't on the same line as prior to today. He has 2 and 11 more points than the players that have been playing on Ship's line. He has 7 and 10 more points than the 2 players on his own line, 10 more than his center who was a borderline NHL player with the Jets at 23-24 years old, and 7 more than a player who managed an NHL career of 193 games. His skating doesn't concern me at all, he's slippery as all get out, he's scored in dirty areas, he's shown good playmaking skills. People keep calling him a "late bloomer" despite the fact that he's always put up numbers. He's playing in the 2nd best league in the world and succeeding. Kravtsov, who people on these boards are going nuts over, had 24 points in 49 games at the same age. Kaprizov had 40 in 46. With all that, even if he doesn't turn out, he was a 5th round pick. He could not play a single game in the NHL and I'd still consider it a damn good pick.
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