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Originally Posted by Bingo
And Foo
I was pretty unimpressed with his preseason, but the version we saw late (and don't worry I'm well aware they were meaningful games, I remember the Cogliano/Nilsson/??? line from the Edmonton rebuild 1.0) was a very different player.
He seems to have that mix of size, speed, and getting into those holes where the puck ends up on his stick.
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Even his counting stats in the AHL seem to suggest that there was a real adjustment at the beginning of the season for Foo. But from December on, he seemed to start producing a lot more. When he was up at the end of the season I thought he also showed some skill that may indicate that he could at least be a good third line player and perhaps more.
Hopefully having seen pro hockey for a year, the Summer training he does this year better prepare's him for camp.
There was a Brian Burke interview that I heard last week where he mentioned the one thing teams need to learn from Vegas is to know what you have in your players, and ensure that they had the opportunity to show what they can do. Who know's maybe Foo is a guy with some opportunity could become more than just a fringe roster piece. Systematically he fills a void of a right handed shooting forward with some speed and skill. Just needs to figure out how to fit in.