Nice childish response.
He was off to a good start early in the year. I haven't been keeping close track since then. Sorry.
And no, I wouldn't be surprised if he played hurt for a while until he either aggravated it while playing or it became to sore to continue.
Power forwards usually start to make a jump in their play/development around 22-24.
IMO he's got too many tools and has the right attitude to not be at the very least a solid middle 6 guy. Top 6 if he reaches his ceiling.
People just shouldn't be surprised/disappointed not to see it for another 2-4 years.
Patience.
Unfortunately, that likely means a LOT more Nylander/Ehlers bitching for the next few years
Also doesn't fit the narrative of how crap our rebuild is going because we won't 'tear it down'.
We can't possibly have good prospects without a 'real' rebuild after all
Normally I'd like him with Sbisa and that may very well happen too but Edler also being out could screw that up.
Sbisa, Tanev
Hutton, Gudbranson
Tryamkin, Stetcher
...is a possibility as well.
I don't care enough to go check but I'm pretty sure he was scoring at a higher rate than last year before he was injured.
Now that he's injured it shouldn't be surprising that both his team and his stat lines have suffered.
Meh, we're only roughly half way through the rebuild and we haven't even lost the Sedins yet (which may equate to some higher picks when we do).
Seeing how much he transformed our D in the last couple years, I'm pretty excited to see what he does in the next couple years with our forward group. Added benefit being that those skilled forward guys tend to be able contribute for sooner after being drafted than D, goalies or PWF's like Virtanen.
We add a couple more Horvat's or Boeser's at the draft in the next 2-3 years and have a couple of Lockwood, Gaudette, Zhukenov etc turn out on top of what we already have and we'll be just fine IMO.
You didn't. I did. That's kind of the point.
Ignoring context to confirm your own biases doesn't lend itself to a good discussion or learning anything.
How many 18 year old goalies do you see in the NHL?