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Originally Posted by Drunk Uncle
It also appeared that Valimaki had issues dealing with adversity which resulted in decreased confidence in his abilities. While I believe that most of that was internally driven, instead of pushing through Valimaki seemed to wilt under the pressure.
He is currently playing in a zero-adversity environment and performing very well. It's really hard to definitively say what he is until you see him in an adverse environment again (whether internally generated or otherwise).
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It's this. He is playing with about as much pressure as house league right now. I'll be interested to see how he handles it once that inevitably changes. He is playing next year on a near minimum contract so unless he is satisfied with that (and maybe he is), there is at least some pressure to show he deserves more.