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Originally Posted by cannon7
He needs to stop trying to make flashy plays or trying to thread the needle with his passes. It isn't working. Go back to basics. Having plays die on his stick repeatedly or him trying to force a play and turning it over just makes him look like a selfish player. At this rate he needs to find his way back to not being a liability on his line and go from there. Dump and chase. Make safe passes. Play a north-south game. Try to win a puck battle?
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That's the thing. He seems unwilling to play like a normal player and do grunt work. I can't believe he is unable to. If he applied himself and dedicated himself to the system, I think he would be a lot more productive. Too many fans are giving him a free pass. Unless maybe he is unable to do what every other player on the team can do, including guys called up from the AHL. That's just as bad though.