Although Lias Andersson has not lived up to expectations, the New York Rangers didn’t help him by raising false expectations and forcing him into a role he wasn’t ready for. The bottom line is there are reasons that it is way too soon to give up on Andersson.
When we published our 2018-19 report card for Lias Andersson, what followed was the usual chorus of comments about him. He was described as a disaster, soft and overrated.
I decided to take a deeper look into the 2017 draft to see exactly how Andersson compares to his peers in that draft.