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Originally Posted by Radio
If memory serves me correctly Pat Steinberg was talking to the coach in Stockton and they got onto the topic of Emile. He said that Emile was having a hard time adjusting his game to the pro level. Basically in junior he could just blow by defenders, but in the pros the defensemen are much faster. He was trying to play his junior game in the pros and it wasn't working.
He's since adjusted his game (with advice from the coaches) and is going to the "greasy" areas now and it's starting to pay off for him.
Guess time will tell.
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Sounds like BS to me.
He was an All Star in his first pro season and was looking like a Bonafide Top 6 NHL'er. He has regressed in his second season.
What really probably happened was the coaches asked him to play a different game and now he had to adjust. I really hope they don't try and turn him into a grinder.