Yeah, I heard that comment regarding changing his stick from Warrior to CCM as well...definitely could be contributing I suppose. His magic with the puck seems to have diminished. He couldn't even flip the pick to the linesman at a faceoff and then immediately checked his stick as if something was wrong but there wasn't.
That is just one small part I bet because his looks totally mental. He doesn't seem to have the defenders on their toes like he used to. He is still relatively young though and hasn't really had a prolonged slump like this in his NHL career so I hope the organization is doing what they can to help him break it (which I'm sure they are). I hope he isn't getting the same treatment from them as a lot on here. "Trade him" "He sucks".
I'll definitely agree something is really off for sure but I'm hoping he regains some sort of swagger because when he's "on" he's a real treat to watch and he opens up a lot of room for his linemates.
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