Projectable Skills:: Soft Hands, Skating, Playmaking
Development Opportunities: Skating pathways, Aggression

Of the higher upside skill players available for this draft, Finn is one of them who already has that projectable size that you’d like. It allows him to play more physically in the corners and finish checks when the opportunity is there. I haven’t seen him overdo it though; just enough to gain that inside position and let people know you aren’t afraid. Finn has terrific hands and can isolate his reach and stickhandling from his lower body too. It means he can drag a puck behind his hip and still deliver a targeted shot release or pass laterally. He made a few plays during the Alberta Cup that had my eyes certainly wider. I think the biggest difference between his play there vs for St. Albert are just his skating routes. I found that he was often circling back or wide into space instead of being aggressive and choosing to continue the pressure. It took away a few opportunities from him that he might naturally get being in the center ice for the Sabres. I think with a bit of tweaking on skating pathways, he can be in a more dangerous position with more consistency. His tools are high end.