I’ve been guilty of this. I was giving him a pass in the beginning of the season thinking it might be related to the two knee injuries he sustained last season.
Latlely I noticed that it seems he’s having a delayed reaction to the play in front of him. In recent games there were plays in the O-Zone where his attention seemed elsewhere and when the puck was sent to his area of the ice he delayed in responding and an opposing player was by him with the puck.
Something is definitely off and it doesn’t appear to be physical. Not good for a player whose hockey IQ is the strongest part of his game.
