He was asked to dial it back this year and it lead to him f***ing up more and at one point caused him to be a healthy scratch. I think this is just who Ryan Graves is. If he plays to his strengths he can be very serviceable in Jersey. If he thinks hes Cale Makar hes going to continue on being shit.
Exactly this. He's a reasonably good third pairing defender who can jump into the play and is effective when he plays aggressive. When he doesn't play to those strengths or doesn't have the defense/goaltending around him to make up for his more-than-occasional errors, he's not great to have out there.