I went to most of the Calgary Hitmen home games this season and I saw a lot of Jake Bean.
My really brief assessment? Man, the kid has some talent. He's the son of the Flames COO, John Bean, and has obviously spent some time around the rink and gotten a chance to see first-hand what it takes to be a high-end Western Hockey League player and future NHLer.
But it's easy to think that you know what it takes, and it's super-hard to actually do it. Through two seasons in the Dub, Bean has emerged as one of the better puck-moving blueliners in the WHL and will likely be the first WHLer drafted in the 2016 NHL Draft.