He just had higher pure offence ability that I haven't seen from Byram yet. Provorov's creation ability in particular is much higher than Bowen's. He's also not as dynamic when it comes to pure offence either (Bowen has other strengths than Ivan doesn't have). The problem is that Byram is playing like half of the game because Giants - though better than average or mediocre - are quite the top heavy team, especially on defence. They rely on him a lot and because of that he gets to not only play in every important situation, he finds himself in top offencive minutes as well.
Good for him producing, but how they're playing him is just unrealistic for the NHL. In the pros there will be a certain number of ice time he will have, he's not going to play half of the game like he is in juniors. He probably isn't going to be a 80 point player in the pros - if so he would be in a two way race for 1st overall. Additionally, granted it was one game, but we saw how he wasn't effective at the Top Prospects game because he tended to try and do too much. How he played there is how he constantly plays in Vancouver and when you're filled with Pettersson, Horvat, and Boeser around you instead of junior players you're going to have to adjust (which could drop his stats).
Because of that I suggest that his point numbers will drop. He's still a defencive-first and his shutdown ability is his best trait of his game. I eventually see him as a solid two-way player once he gets more experience under his belt, but there could be some growing pains since his numbers are better than what I've seen from him offencively. His stat line in particular could go down as one of the best or the best draft-eligible defenders ever from the WHL. I am always more conservative when projecting players as best ever and I just can't see how he could be better than Weber, Jones, Niedermayer, Keith currently. He's still around Morgan Rielly for me and that is a damn good defender if you ask me.
