Player Discussion Owen Power, LD (1st overall, 2021) Gentle Giant

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Is he one of the answers? Because nothing of his development or even draft pedigree screams "team leader". And that's ONE of the answers for what ails this organization. I would love to see him completely break his shell and become something different than what he is, but I don't have any faith he will do so.

According to Pegula he is. And I agree with you.

 

[OkimLom]

It's fascinating to see how a handful of unicorns have just completely warped people's conception of how long defensemen take to develop. Adams put him in a position to fail by not finding an actual veteran defenseman to pair with him, when he gets run out of town for pocket link it will blow up in our faces worse than Bikini Atoll.

It’s almost as amazing as how many people allow the physical side of the game influence their belief a player is ready for the NHL game more than the mental side of the game, when the mental side of the game takes the longest to develop and strengthen.