Vancouver Canucks‘ 3rd round pick in the 2013 draft (#85 overall) 2nd year center Cole Cassels(19) had modest gains in his sophomore season over what he did as a rookie with affiliate Utica Comets.
He scored a new high 6 goals, tied his 5 assists and a new best 11 points in 66 AHL games with a -5 rating.
The 6′ 182 lbs. forward has yet to approach what he was able to accomplish in his final pair of campaigns for Oshawa Generals, when he was a more than a point-per-game player in the OHL.
As a feisty skater he also had 100 penalty minutes but spent limited time in the box through his first two seasons and somewhat surprisingly only drop the mitts on 3 occasions.
At 22-years old he is set to become a restricted free agent at the end of 2018 and it would seem that he’ll need to step it up to be given a qualifying offer.
He is the son of former NHL great Andrew Cassels, who played over 1000 games through 16 years in the big league.