He really needs to improve his skating quite a bit more. He’s a bigger guy, so I’m not expecting young Calvert/Atkinson, but, his acceleration and overall speed/movement need to be improved.
Same goes for Johnson and Sillinger, and even Boqvist. I have some questions with Boqvist/Sillinger and their “IQ/awareness”, and/or if they ALL should be wingers or not, but, once they get “fully” matured physically and get used to the speed and strength of the NHL, KJ and Marchenko look to be impact players very soon. We saw a noticeable change in Chinakhov in just over a year.