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Originally Posted by Royle9
Just watch a few of his MHL highlight packages, the kid has all the tools to be an ELITE power forward if he can just keep it together.
The knock has always been his consistency and his ability to play 200ft (I think this is the most overblown stat for young offensively gifted kids) and the fact that at times he doesn't try as hard on the defensive side. Coupled with some saying he's not easily coachable.
All those things are easily fixable, and or he can grow out of the "attitude" issue.
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Honestly, sounds like something a new-age coach like Huska could easily deal with.
Not sure who Ryabkin had as his coaches in the MHL/KHL and also at Muskegon, but if they were more old school type coaches, I could see where the narrative of him having "attitude" and not being "coachable" stems from.
The younger generations and especially late Gen Z and Gen Alpha, in general, don't respond well to the motivational tactics that might have worked well in the past. I see it all the time as my wife teaches high school and I sessionally teach university students and while I'm not that old just yet, I see just how different mid-20's university students are nowadays compared to when I was going through university myself not all that long ago.