Mitkäköhän mahdollisuudet Jacob Petersonilla on päästä jo tällä kaudella NHL:n puolelle?
Omasta mielestäni Peterson on ollut rookie hyökkääjistä paras ja ansaitsisi paikan opening night rosteriin antamillaan näytöillä. Todennäköisesti kuitenkin kokeneemmat hepat aloittavat kauden shown puolella ja tämän takia Peterson aloittanee kauden farmissa, muttaJacob tulee varmasti saamaan mahdollisuutensa NHL:n puolella tällä kaudella, jos pelit jatkuvat hyvin AHL:ssäkin.
Saad Yousuf sijoitti taas Petersonin lähellä olevien hyökkääjien ryhmään yhdessä Caamanon, Damianin, Dellandrean, Gardnerin ja Tuften kanssa The Athleticiin tänään kirjoittamassaan jutussaan.
Yousuf jutussaan Petersonista:"
Jacob Peterson is the surprise of camp, if you’re not including junior players (hello, Mavrik Bourque and Wyatt Johnston). Not only is he still on the roster after the latest cuts but he’s not even in that small AHL group. On Monday, he practiced with the NHL group, maintaining his spot as the left winger on the Seguin line. That’s quite the elevation for player who was playing in Sweden up until this summer. Bowness had high praise for Peterson as he acknowledged Peterson’s rise to primary call-up status.
“He’s very smart, great hockey sense,” Bowness said. “What we notice is that the adjustments we make between periods, he picks right up on it. Like, our forecheck was a little out of structure last night, at times, so we tried to clean it up on the board between periods and he picked right up on it. He was right where he was supposed to be. His hockey sense, his poise with the puck, very intelligent player.
“He’s 22 and he’s playing at a high level, and that comes out. He’s not an 18-year-old kid who is playing junior hockey. He’s a 22-year-old kid who has played elite hockey. Just his hockey sense, he’s looked really good. And we used him late in the game on the penalty kill, he did that. He’s good on the power play, he can play center or left wing. He’s made a huge impression on all of us.”
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