Freeman's passing, handling, and overall offensive creativity were the main elements I saw from him over the Titans. When he had the puck, he operated with patience and confidence, always looking to spark an offensive scoring chance. Whether he needed to skirt a defender with a quick move or use a slight change of the puck's position to open up a passing lane, Freeman was always relying on his handling to make things happen. Jeremy could always find a way to navigate his way out of a tricky situation and buy himself the time and space required to scan for passing options and exploit gaps in the defence. Within the offensive zone, Jeremy was just always creating as a passer, setting up countless scoring chances, and racked up a whopping 16 assists over the event. I'd like to see him get a little bit quicker throughout the season to help with my projection of how his game should translate to the OHL level, but the confidence and passing game were outstanding and made for an impressive start to the year.

Jeremy Freeman is another one of those rare breeds of players who are just exceptional in offensive transition and off the rush, and with that one skill alone asserts himself as a standout caliber player and finds himself ranked decently high in the top-75. He has a great few steps, and accelerates rapidly with the puck, similar to Jason Gao who was mentioned earlier in this series of articles, who we had compared to Aiden Janz. While moving at top speeds he was able to shoot in stride, manipulate his release point by dragging the puck in towards his body, sacrificing no power or accuracy in the process, and was incredibly difficult to get a stick check in on him. His incessant pace with and without the puck let him fly up and down the ice to help on the defensive side of things, along with spread out defensive systems by forcing defenders to cover him, opening up more ice through the middle for his teammates to skate with the puck. Between Jeremy Freeman and Jason Gao who was ranked 62nd, I think the main defining factor between the two who played a very similar game was that Freeman was just able to execute these high-end plays off the rush a little bit more often and on a consistent basis.