caley
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There's a couple overage Junior players setting fire to the stats boards every year. Ask Colton Yellow Horn, Justin Azevedo, Casey Pierro-Zabotel, and Thomas Beauregard how their NHL dreams shook out at the end of the day.
Oh there's guys every year, I know that. But, I also think Holmberg's a little different case: Azevdeo had future NHLers like Boedker, Kadri and Spaling on his team that helped him along, Yellow Horn had teammates with 70 and 80 points, and Beauregard relied on linemate Mathieu Perreault. What Holmberg's doing, is largely on his own, creating his own chances (His nearest teammate is over 30 points behind him).
He's getting good coaching (The same as Johnson did in juniors), and has a clear role model to follow in his quest to make the NHL (Johnson). Never minding all that, I also think he's a very exciting player: skilled with the puck, unafraid of taking contact and some really great on-ice vision. I think he's worth a risk.