In his case I think it's more that he had that injury and needed some time to get back into the groove. Even last night I noticed he had that black athletic tape in two strips going up each side of the back of his neck. I'm guessing the muscles there are still a bit sore? Whiplash will do that.Nemec going from 3 straight pointless AHL games and being used as the 7D to 3 pts in 3 NHL games on the top pair is so funny. I wonder how much weight there is to the theory that highly talented players like that are better in the NHL even though they’re facing higher competition because they’re with teammates who are better and can think and play the game like them.