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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
It's been really cool seeing him mature this year. The on-ice transformation under Darryl is obvious, but I see it off the ice too. Him wearing the A (though Darryl I think referred to letters as "decoration") is a really good sign of how he has grown into a real leader. And you see it in his post-game interviews. He still has that slightly goofy "aw shucks" quality but he's grown up a ton.
Darryl gets credit for sure, but people don't improve if they aren't willing to put in the work themselves.
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Agreed, and I actually came here to post that while you or I and others have been hard on him over the years, I think this year Johnny the person took a big step forward, and Johnny the hockey player as a result did as well.
Amazing the work Sutter has done with him especially on getting him to the next level.