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Originally Posted by ComixZone
It was stupid.
Everyone went in with the narrative that he was poor defensively, and were then hyper critical of him for everything.
He's not bad defensively. He's just really good offensively.
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I thought he just looked slow to react on October. He knows what to do, he just needed to adjust to NHL speed - they have to anticipate suddenly being on defence and they have to keep their gaps smaller. He seemed fine with this in his last game. I imagine WJC talent games are a lot quicker than junior.
The other thing about NHL speed is that it applies to hit avoidance as well.