Preston
MBow30 alt account
What I like about Steeves that I didn't love in the past is that his even strength scoring is insanely elite so far this year. Only 3 PP points. And 1 empty net goal, so I guess we can call it 4 "empty points" of his 18. Very impressive ratio.If they do make room to call another forward back up i'm thinking it might be time to take another look at Steeves.
He was overshadowed by the younger kids at camp but he had a very strong camp in his own right, and is just dominating for the marlies so far.
24yr old AHL scoring doesn't mean a whole lot, but i'd be interested in a 65gl/105pt pace even if he was 30. And even more because he doesn't have the glaring weaknesses in size or skating that would be typical of the career AHLer type. And i guess it's useful to note that he doesn't actually turn 24 until next month.
He had a strong rookie year down there but stagnated in year 2. Seems to have levelled up here in year 3 tho.
Don't want to lose another Trevor Moore type without even giving him a real looksee. And his production is much better than Moore's was, and he's not a midget like Moore was either.
On the other end of it he's currently shooting 24% so that'll of course tick down. Last year he shot 9%, year before he shot a hair under 13%. So assuming he's a 12-14% shooter that's an extra 5 goals more than "expected". But still a damn good start for him and he had a great camp as well.