Move the “Timo Meier call-up signal” from “soonish” to “pretty damn soon.” I base that on two things: 1) Doug Wilson’s comments to Nick Kypreos and 2) the tenor of the comments surrounding Meier in the Fear the Fin mentions and on Facebook.
People have done enough research now to get the gist of Meier’s game. They know his strengths, and many have keyed in on a particular weakness: penalties. It’s true, Meier has 22 penalty minutes in 14 AHL games — not a ratio that will work at the NHL level. I can’t speak for all of the penalties, but reports are that most have been of the “not good” variety.