Here's A Filthy, Filthy Reminder That Nico Hischier Is Just Scratching The Surface Of His Potential4/1/2019
You'd have to be a real simpleton to require the ooh's and ahh's that accompanied the type of public undressing that calls for the presence of police to come to the conclusion that Nico Hischier's second season has been a successful one. As evidenced by both the eye test and the following stat, which I know to be incredibly impressive despite my 2nd grade understanding of its calculation, his promising performance has been one of the few needles of positivity to be found amongst the haystack of horse shit that the Devils have been trudging through the last five months...
Unlike approximately 87% of his teammates, Nico Hischier's play this year has proven that his instant impact as a number one center wasn't being entirely dragged along by the train that Taylor Hall ran all over the NHL last year. Therefore, he didn't need to suddenly start leaving a trail of jocks in his wake to signify his official arrival as a prominent play driver. That said, it certainly doesn't hurt for him run up the score on the all-too-formidable sophomore slump he already artfully dodged by turning a routine one-on-one into an audition for the And 1 Mixtape. If there was one thing missing from his Nico Hischier's trustworthy two-way game, it was that extra injection of offensive fortitude that allows great players to attempt otherwise unimaginable things. After watching him causally juggle his way through and around a seasoned veteran of a former All-Star defenseman who has seen it all, it's safe to say he's got that juice now. Of course, he hardly needed it to prove his worth as a first overall pick, as he's as complete a player as one could possibly expect at his age. Still, I'll be damned if circus-like displays of skill like that above wouldn't serve as quite the cherry atop the on-going development of a 20-year old who came into the league savvy beyond his years. Nico Hischier is far from a finished product, but to say that every foreshadowing flick of the wrist into what that product might ultimately be has been an encouraging one would be an understatement of epic proportions.
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