They need to treat Parekh, like they did with Johnny 15 years ago. You gotta give him all the opportunity, and change the way the team plays while he is on the ice to compliment his gamebreaking skill set. The flames always played different when he was on the ice, there was leash to make low% plays, hold onto on the rush even when there was no easy play, not resort to dump and forecheck etc. We built the power play around him, we let him cheat in the D zone etc.
Of course it's different based on FWD vs. Defense, but they need employ a similar strategy.
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