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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
It's funny because there were times during the season where he just looked.......bad. Not a lot of energy, some poor passes and plays, he was just not great for stretches. Now here we are and the guy has definitely taken his game to another level. He deserves a lot of credit.
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He has talent and skill, and always has, problem is he avoids contact and danger areas at all times, so that a lot of plays die becuase of that, whether not staying in a scoring zone or any other spot in the offensive zone where he may have to take some contact to make a play or scoring chance. Again, especially as the role of a 2c on this team.
He actually went to the front of the net on his goal where usually he stays on the perimeter. Now, on that goal, he went undetected and wasn't touched from the blue line and found the soft spot in the open. If he had to fight through two defenders to get there, not sure it would've happened,but inconsequential.
On the pass to Mangipane he again found that open space in the neutral zone after a good pass from Zarodov and hit Mangini was skating with speed already.