The kid seems to have awakened something in certain hockey fans/writers/announcers.
He is less “hockey-tough-and-gritty” than most other recent #1 OA picks / can’t miss prospects.
Maybe he reminds people of young Laine, PLD, Duchene for example?
Let me just say the backlash against him does not at all surprise me so far.
Time will tell.
the media turned on him? i didn’t know any of that was going on.
pfft, they’d all take him on whatever team they r00t for in a heartbeat.