I wonder if it's just a coincidence that the couple of posters who have been making the ridiculously biased posts against one Nylander are the same ones making the ridiculously biased posts against the other Nylander?
May be some of that going on but...
When Alex is moving and engaged he has a good stick and hands. When he isn't he comes off as passive and indecisive, for instance I can think of about 3 instances last night where he was required to use his body and went out of his way to not even bump or lean into the opponent. It looked incredibly weak to watch and no doubt Berube will cringe.
Simple as this.. If he can't be assertive he won't be anything. If next time he takes to the ice and goes out there on a mission and shows that he wants it more, he can stay. He looks like he is incapable of getting angry to me, like there is no fire, it's just a mass with skill moving around there playing like Dr Spock. The tools are there but you gotta use them. The guys not even small, he tested as one of the most powerful players per kg or whatever if I remember.
He plays like he is like driving a hummer exclusively in subdivisions.
