we miss leo k
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Honestly? Obviously the vaccination thing rubbed Lou the wrong way, but I think if Wilde had showed any sort of promise they would've found a way to work with him. But 3-5-8 in 42 AHL games for an offensive Dman isn't really showing a ton of promise, and then putting up "meh" numbers in the Swedish version of the AHL didn't really bode well for him (pun, eh, let's say mildly intended.)
Also, I mean, he's a 2nd round pick. Not saying that you just punt on those picks, but the hit rate is obviously lesser than lottery picks. I mean, just in his draft year you can point to Jett Woo, Olof Lindbom, & Serron Noel as guys picked before him that haven't really done much of anything professionally to date, either. If another team offered Lou anything better than a 5th, I'm sure he'd take it and just move on at this point.