Quotable:"Mo's just had an outstanding first year for us. We weren't really sure what we were going to do with him coming into training camp. I think it was clear right off the bat up in Traverse City that he seemed to be ready to make that jump to pro hockey. He's done nothing less but be impressive to us. I think the biggest thing for Mo was going to world juniors. Once he went to world juniors, he was captain there, I know that was a big thing for him. He's very proud of his nationality, he's very proud to represent his country and he was fantastic there. In my opinion, he's the best defensive prospect inside a group of probably two or three other guys there and that boded very well for us leaving that tournament. Then when he came back, everything just increased, his minutes increased. He's a guy that plays every situation. He runs the power play for us, he plays PK, he's out there in important minutes. He plays 23-24 minutes a night, if not more sometimes. He's turned into the guy that we thought he would be when we drafted him, a guy that could play in all situations, just log big minutes. He has good size. The one thing I have liked more than I thought, the one thing I've seen more than I thought there would be is just his aggressiveness. He plays a really physical game; he really seems to like that style of game. He's turned into a little bit of an intimidating figure on that ice. That's also another aspect to the game that's hard to find nowadays and seems to come natural to him. We're happy with him, his progress, and excited for his development." - Shawn Horcoff, director of player development and assistant director of player personnel
