With young players, the best thing to see year after year is significant improvement in their gameplay. With Zemgus Girgensons the word improvement comes as an understatement.
Every single Sabres fan knows his name and they know what they will get night in and night out; a hard working performance with nothing left to show but sweat and bruises (and a few points here and there). Girgensons entered the year as the player to watch as he looked to climb his way up to star status. He did exactly that as he eventually made his way to the All Star Game as the top vote getter.