I dont see it that way. Some nights? Sure, thats normal, no one is always on. Hes had bad games, and some of those bad games are on him. Some of those games are on his partners. but to say "some people want to ignore that or give it a pass" it goes both ways and Ill lean on the outside factors of his coaches giving him the ice time regardless of the gripes and what this org has done around him. Also, you mean to tell me that a guy playing 25+ minutes may need some help from his D partner from time to time? Weird.
No doubt though that he either has or will start to regress. But his point totals the past 2 seasons have been career highs without having good D partners. Hes also on pace to hit 40 points again.
Hes being asked to do a ton and when you overload someone, you dont always get 5 star performances in every facet of the game.
The stupid thing to me is that anyone would look at him and go "Hes the problem". No, hes a product of the problem.
