Projecting Major Junior play to the NHL level
The Hockey PDOcast
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Is He Gonna Be an Effective NHL Defenseman?
I think players generally improve, but they need to flash it. Based on what I've seen in Melinda right now, he does not have it. That doesn't mean that he won't be an effective NHL or he can figure out how to defend at an NHL level. If the other areas of this game don't round out, it can be very limiting. And potentially for a lot of teams, you wouldn't even be able to deploy them in a way that would get the most out of his skill.
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