A highly-skilled, highly-competitive center…great speed and skating agility…changes speed quickly, is good on his angles, possesses a powerful stride and impressive explosive jump allowing him to escape opposition…great skill and sense with the puck having the hand-speed and creativity to get around opposition and create space…great vision and awareness for teammates, makes skilled passes and sets up scoring chances….has finishing ability as well…knows where to go on the ice and sets up well for a scoring chance…strong shot, quick release and impressive power…deadly one-timer…effective at both ends of the ice…high compete on D and walls…gets up and down the ice with speed, on the forecheck, on the backcheck, consistently injecting himself into the play…showing improving involvement as a two-way player with immense offensive skills.  (November 2016)