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Originally Posted by RobDoupe
Good speed.
Nose for the net.
Calm with the puck.
Forechecks hard.
Tries (and usually fails) to beat d-men with junior stick moves.
Tends to lose the puck in traffic.
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I am not saying that he hasn't lost the puck in traffic or that he hasn't failed trying to beat a dman with a fancy move, but geez even guys like Crosby and Malkin run into that problem. I don't think he's doing this any more or any less than other young players or even veterans on the team. I don't think this happens often enough for you to classify that as an attribute of his play, but that's just based on my observations.
That said, I think a larger sample size of games is probably necessary to evaluate his play either way though - next season should be a good one...