An excerpt from NHL.com (John McGourty):
Max Pacioretty — Pacioretty had 21 goals and 42 assists and was plus-20 for the Sioux City Musketeers and played in the 2007 USHL All-Star Game as a rookie before the Canadiens took him with the No. 22 selection in 2007. He only enhanced his status this past season when he was voted the CCHA rookie of the year after scoring 15 goals and adding 24 assists in 37 games for Michigan. He was also plus-31 and was voted to the CCHA All-Rookie Team.
Pacioretty continued to grow and is now listed at 6-foot-3 and 209 pounds. He was the last of the Wolverines’ freshmen to score, but wound up leading all league rookies in scoring. Pacioretty had a minor knee injury that affected him around the time of the World Juniors and then suffered a shoulder injury when he returned. But he finished very strongly in the regular season and had a good playoff.
“We just signed Max after he had a tremendous season playing on the top line at the University of Michigan,” Timmins said. “The only downside was he had an injury that kept him from performing at the top of his game in the World Juniors. Physically, he is definitely ready. He has a tremendous shot and really good size and strength. He likes to play physical. He’s very smart, hockey-wise. Put those things together and you have the makings of a prototypical power winger.”
