If this is his biggest problem and he thrives with a coach that demands more from him he'll get all he can handle from Lindy Ruff. LOL
From what I've seen, the extent of the coddling Armia's received is incredible. If he plays several games lazily and selfishly, does he get scratched or thrown into the 3rd line? Not usually. I think he did play one game in Ässät's 2nd or 3rd line this season, though but was then moved back to the 1st line. My fellow Finns are free to correct me if I'm wrong about this.
Armia plays very well when he wants to, but it seems that most of the time he doesn't think he has a good reason to give his all because being lazy seems to have no consequences.
I went to see one of Ässät's games and I was a little surprised by what I saw... Armia missed a very good scoring chance, but instead of behaving like an adult about it, he:
1) Nearly smacked his coach in the face with his stick when returning to the bench because he was too angry to control his stick. The coach reacted by first dodging and then by patting Armia's shoulder in a "There, there, Joppe, don't worry. You'll do better next time"-way instead of telling him to pay attention to his stick
2) Refused to celebrate a goal scored by a team mate a few minutes later. He just sat on the bench, brooding and nobody told him to get off his lazy behind and be a good team mate.
I don't think the coach has much authority over Armia.