On the very edge of the first round, we reach one of this draft most contentious players: Tri-City Americans centre Michael Rasmussen, Surrey born and raised, 6-foot-5, rangy, smooth, hard shooting and physical. There’s a lot to like about Rasmussen’ bio, and but for looking below the surface, it’d be easy to forgive the services that have had him ranked in the top 10 for most of the year.
But we have looked below the surface already, and the word on Rasmussen’s even strength scoring rate is out. It’s time to take another look at Rasmussen, and remind ourselves why not to get too high, but also not too low on him.