LeafingTheWay
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- May 31, 2014
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Matthews and Nylander have not taken steps forward, though I pin that on them. It’s pretty clear, when watching the ice time allotment, that Babcock is still trying to teach the younger guys how to play to win. Matthews and Nylander either can’t or won’t do it... or they just won’t do it for this coach. Either way, it’s on them.
Matthews went from 2.86 1st year to 3.36 2nd year to now 3.47 pts/60 (1st tied with Marner).
This all while playing with only Johnsson/Kapanen/Brown mostly this year, and not a full Nylander.
It's recency bias. Matthews did take steps forward, but Babcock needs to put his elite players in good situations to succeed.