Calen Addison has been a subject of fascination for fantasy managers for a long time. He has been seen as someone with tremendous upside in the fantasy community, though his real-life value to an NHL team might be different. With the move to the San Jose Sharks, it is a good time to take a long look at how he got to this point and what upside remains.

Addison was drafted in 2018 by the Pittsburgh Penguins 53rd overall. This was a defencemen-heavy draft with Rasmus Dahlin and Quinn Hughes leading the way. No defenceman taken after Addison has played more NHL games than he, which is a feather in the cap of the Penguins’ scouting department.

From the very beginning, there were questions about Addison’s overall game. Scouts questioned his lack of physicality and tendency to get moved off the puc