It was hard to watch Mason Shaw — generously listed 5’9″ — and not conjure images of Brendan Gallagher in his draft season. He’s one of the meanest bastards in the entire draft, and he doesn’t let maiming opponents impede his ability to produce offence or contribute to his team’s two-way solvency at even strength.
Playing in his second full season with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Shaw centred a highly effective first line on one of the WHL’s best, most productive teams. And yet the industry consensus of Shaw seems to suggest he could fall as far as the third round of the NHL draft.