Ah, Kevin Fiala: such incredible potential; such raw, promising talent wrapped in a compact bundle of good looks and alleged bad attitude; such a perennial disappointment to fans hoping that he’d already be the next Filip Forsberg or better.
With two years of strong underlying metrics, and a 23-goal/48-point season in 2017-18—his first full year with the Predators—the 22-year-old Fiala seemed to be poised to take the next step this past season.
He did not.
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