'"I would liken him with the way he is playing this year almost to a young Brian Leetch," Ruff says. "He's great with the puck, he's a tremendous skater and he's playing with a lot of confidence. He's good in all areas of the game right now. He's been very good defensively and he's a guy that's been able to get up the ice offensively and been able to make a lot of things happen for us. His two-way game has been as good as anybody's in the East."'