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Old 12-01-2016, 01:24 PM   #257
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada View Post
First season or not he's 24 years old and players don't magically get better offensively once they are in their mid-20's. Nobody's has said he can't be a useful player in this league but he clearly has to play the way he's playing this season where he's constantly physical as he is not effective when trying to play a skill role. SuperMatt above nailed it.
The weird part of it is he is so much more effective offensively as well when he is playing that physical game.

Had a couple flashes of speed and skill this season that do leave you wondering if there is more room for offensive growth.

Biggest thing for me is that he needs to work REALLY HARD to play the game the way he has played this year and IMO that will hold back his offensive production.

He can play that way for 11 minutes a game, but not sure he can play that way for the 16/17 minutes that he would need to play to be a true top 6 forward.
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