The good part of going to Addy is more ice time and more confidence (he mentioned confidence again which I'm not sure is great, but whatevs). He may get back some of his middle of the ice play - even when he was playing with energy here, he was mainly along the boards.
The bad part is that my main critique was that he seemed to be a step behind mentally - not thinking quickly enough to make the best play in time. His best play (the long stretch pass to Byron) came when he had time to think. In Addy he will have time to think, but will he develop NHL speed? Or is that better developed on a lower NHL line?
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