Completely take the reigns off of him defensively. He needs to start cheating to create offense. I can't think of a single time he has flown the zone this year, and just watching Tkachuk last night there was numerous time's that he did so which created opportunities the other way.
Teams are no doubt game planning around his struggles and specifically when he receives the puck while he's stationary (especially on zone exits/entries). He doesn't have the confidence to make those little passes while under pressure that he's accustom to making and teams know that.
Huska currently has Zary and Kadri eating all of the offensive zone starts. Put him with them and see what happens. Mangiapane is also clearly better with Backlund/Coleman anyways, and Pospisil offers value to any line he's played on.
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