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Originally Posted by Tyler
Wow, it only took Sam what, 5 years to figure out his big swooping wrist shot that would inevitably get deflected or blocked by the defender in front of him wasn't working?
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2014-15 - Hardly a year. A successful postseason by any means, though.
2015-16 - scored 18 goals as a 19yo, probably didn't expect to have scoring struggles going forward. Biggest issue as a rookie was balance and strength to win board battles.
2016-17 - focused primarily on learning the center position, and learning to use his linemates as effectively as possible.
2017-18 - probably started working on finish after this year, as it was the first and to date only season he shot below a very respectable 10.7%.
2018-19 - Started getting his confidence back away from Gulutzan, but still had to contend with a typecast role. Still, finish wasn't his major shortcoming, as his primary points were more than respectable, albeit not spectacular. Secondary assists and icetime were the biggest areas holding his production back.
So really it's two offseasons where I assume finish was actually his primary focus.