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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
How has his defensive/effort game looked? Is he improving that aspect of his game any?
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Fair question, but if he can score like he is (at the pro level, which obviously remains to be seen), my take is, who the hell cares? Now, understand I'm not saying he is going to be as good as the players I'm about to mention, but I don't think too many coaches were expecting Mike Bossy or Brett Hull to play sound defense. Hitchcock in Dallas tried to get Hull to play defense and found himself with an unhappy guy not doing what had resulted in him scoring at a ridiculous rate to that point and playing mediocre in almost every sense of the word.
If his scoring can be remotely close to being replicated in the NHL, defense (beyond the most basic skills) should not be a major concern.