I caught quite a bit of games of Mynio last season and one thing about his skating is that it’s explosive. He takes these really long powerful strides and his edgework is incredible. He’s the fastest skater on his team and he’d probably be our fastest skater on the Canucks right now.
His defensive ability is also extremely impressive. Seattle has had major turnover since last season and his +/- doesn’t show the full story. The little things like gap control, using the net as a screen and exploding down the ice for a quick zone exit + dump for line change, puck pursuit and tracking in the corners, aggressiveness (he’s a feisty player in front of his net), shot blocking, etc. Very well rounded defensively.
His offensive game has taken massive leaps as well and by the end of last season he made his way on the #1 PP and he’s been there since. His passing ability + vision are his strongest suits. I remember during the prospect tournament the amount of long range breakout passes he was making and none of the forwards were able to receive it and resulted in a ton of icings. Pretty similar situation in Seattle where most of the forwards don’t have that skill to accept his hard and crisp breakout passes cleanly and it ruins so many 2 on 1’s or rush chances.
The big thing is that he clearly needs to get bigger. He’s 6’1 181lbs, I expect him to add considerable amounts of muscle and meat considering his scrawny legs. He doesn’t get pushed around a lot right now (amazingly plays a pretty robust physical game himself at the junior level), but once he turns pro it’s going to be a completely different experience. He was overwhelmed a bunch of times by AHL’ers during the prospect tourney and you can see physically he’s just not there yet.
Him taking that next step offensively this year will project extremely well for him in the future and his chances of making the NHL. I easily have him higher than D-Petey on my list in terms of potential.
