On Wednesday in Nashville, the Ducks could be getting a game changer at No. 2 in Fantilli, a centre coming off an under-the-radar “season for the ages.”
“That’s Connor and Adam, so you’re going to win with both,” said Dan Marr, the NHL’s director of central scouting. “You’re not going to go wrong with both. It’s very hard to say there’s a distinct line every game, every shift. They’re both going to be phenomenal assets to their clubs. And Adam had a season for the ages, I’ve said this all along.
who’ll pick Bedard first overall. Bedard didn’t just win gold with that same world junior team, he was the“Connor, to use a media term, is that generational-type player,” said Marr. “It’s very difficult for the youngest player on any team to be the best player on the team, and he’s been able to do that every outing, every event, almost every game that you’re at. It just puts him in that special category.
“And there’s a lot of words that start with C that analytics can’t judge for you, like character. And one of them is consistency. He can consistently play game in and game out. It’s truly impressive. Both these players, phenomenal seasons. I’ll use the phrase again: a season for the ages, for both of them.”
So that means the Anaheim Ducks, who pick second, can add Fantilli to a growing arsenal of young players that includes
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