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Originally Posted by bigrangy
There’s just the one shift by shift of him on the channel. I like Parekh, he’s really really talented. Maybe I just hadn’t fully woken up before watching but this video was not reassuring.
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It kind of did reassure me lol. If anything it seemed like an underwhelming offensive and transition performance and a basically sound defensive performance against a good team that was set up to neutralize him. His reads and active stick to prevent zone entries especially in the first surprised me for how assertive they were.
I agree that he had a few too many passes into skates, something to work on, but he did make some pretty good controlled exits for how chaotic that game was. I think he would really benefit from a few more years cleaning up his defensive work and improving his skating further, but the way he moves and moves the puck is already so tantalizing. My opinions don’t matter but he could really benefit from:
Getting stronger
Better skating (getting lower and more explosive)
I think if he manages to do that the sky is truly the limit. By all accounts he’s working hard at it.