Memorial Cup struggles indicate it's best to be patient with Ethan Bear

In the 2017 Memorial Cup, Edmonton Oilers prospect Ethan Bear played three games, scored not one point and was -4 goals plus-minus. 
Stats don’t always tell the truth about a player, but those numbers are indicative of Bear’s Memorial Cup. Bear struggled to keep his head above water, as did almost everyone on the Seattle Thunderbirds, which lost all three games and was blown out in two of them. 
So that’s the bad news on Bear, and we’ll get into a bit more detai