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Originally Posted by PugnaciousIntern
And to add even more on that - once he has stolen back the puck, he makes much more calm and wise decisions with it. It's one thing to disrupt plays on the backcheck, which he actually did quite often the last few years. Now it's the transition and knowing how to control the puck in that scenario. It's been a game changer
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There was one play last night where once he got the puck, instead of taking the it into the offensive zone he circled around to give the team time to change lines. He knew that line was tired.and struggling a bit. Took it on himself and then went off for the change.