Article: Charlie Stramel May Hit the Apex Of His Long Development Journey This Season

[Luke Sims]

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[Pewterschmidt]

We need you to arrive and play the bottom six Anton Lindell role in this lineup.  Make it happen young buck

[MNCountryLife]

Sure would be nice to see a kid of his size up his game and add another Ek type player to our roster.  Those type of players can take over games for you.  Keep our fingers crossed that he continues to progress.

[Citizen Strife]

The team needs more players like this.  Size baked in from the get go, plus a smart defensive game.  Ek is invaluable, and getting a second version of that would be insane.  The team desperately needs offense, but there are plenty of other reasons why the team doesn't succeed.  Angry Koivu or Ek now would be the dream, but early GREEF era Ek isn't a bad deal either.

Edited 1 hour ago by Citizen Strife

[Imyourhuckleberry]

Stamel is a line 4 player until proven otherwise. Jordan Greenway was more productive as a sophomore than Stramel was as a junior, and Greenway didn't exactly have an offensive explosion in the NHL.

Any comparisons to Eriksson Ek are unfair to both JEE and Stramel. Stamel would need to score at least 1 point per game in the upcoming season to suggest he could be useful above the 4th line in the near future.

A little thicker Nico Sturm seems like a more reasonable comp than JEE.

Edited 28 minutes ago by Imyourhuckleberry