Lot's of time to work that out of him, thankfully, but definitely need to train some of that meekness out of him. He projects to have a few years in the A/E after his OHL career anyway, so hopefully that can help with some confidence around more mature players.
oh ya, I get that. He has had almost a year and a half off as well, and yesterday's game would have been probably the best competition, certainly the most physically mature opposition he's ever faced. That must have been challenging coming in off a long layoff to get adjusted in that circumstance. I honestly think he will even be a slight bit less hesitant as early as todays game.
That's pretty well on par with what Tofolli was at his age as well.
Ya I totally agree. I think partly because of his very upright skating stance. Not comparing the 2 players at all in terms of their overall skill level, but he's almost got like a Kovalev level motor. Wherein it looks like he's not trying, but just seems to toy with guys at times. Then when he needs to he will show a short burst of speed to gain separation. But he hardly ever looks like he is going full tilt. At least at the AHL level and in this camp, he does not appear to be chasing the game, but rather lets it come to him. I think that's why he has been such a prolific goal scorer at every level TBH. Just a very confident player with the puck on his blade, and overall just a really patient player.
Ottawa's pool is an oddity though, hard to project.
I was surprised to see Duszak involved in any of this tbh. He's 24 and has played a season and a half in the AHL. Seems telling about how the org views the defensive hierarchy that the likes of Hollowell and Rubins aren't there
