Checking In On Sean Farrell

Sean Farrell is still 23 so I am not here to bury him as a player in the Canadiens system. His season is an improvement over last so that begs the question, is he just a good AHLer or is there still NHL ability there? 

He currently has 16 goals and 21 assists in 59 games. That’s pretty good. He’s sixth on the team in goals. Do I expect more? Yes, but that’s not a bad number and he still has the playoffs to show that he’s progressing in his development.

Farrell is a terrific skater. That’s not the issue. The issue here is about production plain and simple. As a smaller player, he has to produce more or he won’t get called up. The Canadiens are getting to the point where they may start to leave some of these players in the AHL and only use them on an emergency call-up basis.

I’ll determine next year if he is going to make it or not. Some guys take a bit and he didn’t miss any time due to the pandemic. He went back to the USHL and dominated so it seemed like he was on track and now, he might still be, but this is a slow-moving train. 

His scoring touch may be improving based on some new video I’ve seen. We shall see. That’s part of being consistent and making a real playoff push along with the team. The team has made all the right moves with him and I think they will continue to do so. Sometimes that last piece of development is the hardest and it usually falls on the player.