I wish he would just stop jerking around with Athanasiou and let him play 18-20 minutes a night. And stop with Kronwall on the PP and Glendening playing in the top 6.
Why do you want even more 1 man show attempts, that is all he does, in between doing not much else? He doesn't use his teammates well at all, always trying it by himself and I wonder why no points in 7 games, while having about 7 or 8 shots on net in that entire span. He has been given plenty of icetime, and good opportunities. He played with Zetterberg for a stretch the other game, and every time, he rushed in by himself, got muscled off the puck or put a lame wrister towards the net, instead of looking to pass to someone else who is open. The other thing annoying, is for like 65-70% percent of his icetime he really isn't skating with his great speed, almost dogging it out there, yet Mantha gets called out by the coach after having a decent game.
He plays every game bouncing between the Wilson, Nielsen and Zetterberg line.
You treat a guy like a spare part and he plays like a spare part.
And while he has zero points, he's drawn penalties.
Wow, he drew a couple of penalties, that is not that big a deal. How hard can it be for him to learn, this is not the OHL, in the NHL, you need to pass the puck? Also, if you play like a spare part you get treated like a spare part, it works both ways. If he keeps playing like he has been in recent weeks, I hope they trade him while he has decent value, because we already have Nyquist and Tatar who go invisible for long stretches, we don't really need another one added to the mix. He obviously has a very high opinion of his talent level, so no pts in 7 games is not good enough for a scoring type player. I want to like him, as he has awesome speed, and awesome hands, but his effort level and decision making is so frustrating.