There's way too many other narratives out there about Stutzle other than him being one of the very best players on the planet.
He's shown every step of the way that he has the talent and tools, and fire, to be considered amongst the very best in the game - if he puts it all together one day. He scored 90pts as a teenager for goodness sakes, lest we forget.
And now, today at the ripe old age of 22yrs old, and with a new found love for playing defense first hockey, he looks like an absolute top tier centerman. Full stop.
Did he used to go down a bit easy and whine to the refs a lot? Yup, sure. So do a lot of other skilled teenaged superstars (not all I agree). It's something he's continued to improve at as he's matured.
He's not going down easily this year though. And even moreso than before - he's actually a very physical player. And he's very willing to get rough as need be.
Point being is that you should not sleep on Tim Stutzle anymore. And he's absolutely in the same tier as Jack Hughes, for context in what I'm saying here. Better than Petterson as of today.
