For Sam you look at all of his offensive stats through the first 8 games and he's down on everything across the board, shots, shot attempts, time on ice, hits; so much of what made him an impact player at times throughout his early career are missing in his game right now. His face-offs % is better but he has only taking 68 total face-offs in the first 8 games which is about 8 or 9 a game which isn't that much. He needs to slide over to the wing, simplify his game, be physical and stop taking stick infractions. There is a top-end talent in Sam but I think they need to pivot away from how they are currently using him and play him to his strengths. GG said he expected big things from Sam this year and he needs to find out how to find those big things sooner rather than later.
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