The Playoffs Were Made For Moritz Seider

from Will Burchfield of 97.1 The Ticket,

He's logging veteran minutes as he lopes toward Rookie of the Year, and this is just the start for Moritz Seider. This is just the regular season. We've yet to see him in the playoffs, where the ice tightens and stars tend to shine. Seider both shrinks the ice and opens it with his 6'4 frame and has stared down stars all season long.

Remember opening night? In his NHL debut against the defending champs? Seider needled Victor Hedman, of all people, by taking the puck off his stick after a whistle, then went nose to nose with the former Norris winner and his partner Mikhail Sergachev when they objected. It hardly changed the game, but it did tell us…