The kid has the passion and the skill. I think the Ducks can be the ones to make him into a superstar if they put him on that path. Meaning, giving him support, the proper coaching and development. I give props To Eakins for how he has handled Zegras, which is why am indifferent if he comes back or not. But there has to be better out there for him and this team in general.
I disagree. He's much better at center than wing and the strengths of his game cater to the middle of the ice.... Does he need to work on faceoffs and get bigger? Yes he's 21 years old. Just curious you also think Jack Hughes would be better at wing? They are pretty similar in terms of play style and strengths with Hughes being the faster skater.
There was that one drop pass on a breakaway in OT, but yeah, other than that I agree.
Maybe there are 1000 Torts burner accounts driving this narrative, but yeah, there are people out there.
Last year I thought he was definitely too fancy. Not costing-us-goals-constantly fancy but just unnecessarily complicating things. I don't see that at all this year. I think it's true that he spends too much time being invisible but it's not because he's too fancy, it's because he's neutralized a lot of the time.
He still gives the puck away but less of a "what the f*** were you thinking" and more of a "that would have been cool"
Not to mention that it's better for him to learn how to use his creativity and what he can get away with now while we are a bad team. The hope is he knows how to use that creativity by the time the Ducks are good again to be far more effective than if he just started toning it down now.
Yes but how is he useful, when he just show off on the ice and not playing game the right way?
Fitting he's a Ducks I guess. He has the skill of Kariya but the vibe of Perry, I love it haha.
