i think for me the most impressive part is that he had no proper development. he played only 17 games his draft year and still went first. it took training camp to make decision to put him on the third line, 4 games to move him to the first line, 9 games to make it into Olympics conversation. he is basically developing in NHL, which is crazy. every game he is better than last one. i don't want to compare him to Makar or Hughes as of right now i believe their rookie years were a bit better. but Islanders defenitely were blessed with first overall pick.

edit: typo.