When i was young I loved watching the SHL. I have always looked up to the greatest point producers in the league like Jason Visser. Even though many see him as one of the greatest scorers, I’ve always loved his other skills. Watching him dingle and dangle all across the ice, setting up people with beautiful passes and not really going for those big checks very often. The problem has always been that I didn’t realise how much of the other skills were needed to succeed on the highest level. So when I finally got drafted, plenty of people looked at me and thought: Wow, another weak playmaker that’s gonna be a defensive liability. But I’ve trained faceoffs, defensive positioning and tactics, my strength and plenty of all the other ‘’boring’’ skills a world class center needs to be one of the best. If this will make me as good as Jason Visser in the future is something me myself don’t know yet. But with this attitude, I’m sure I will reach whatever my natural potential may be. 

And at least I’m taller and bigger than him already, so that will probably be in my advantage when/if we ever meet in one of the SHL rinks!