I think people look at some of his mistakes and think "That play failed miserably, so he must have bad hockey IQ". But I think for him it's a little different, because he can do all of the things he tries. He's a 99th percentile athlete. He tries game breaking stuff constantly because he's confident that he can be a game breaker. It doesn't always work, but as long as he can understand not to do certain things a second or third time, I think it's a good mentality. Can't be unique if you don't try unique things.
But it's also interesting because a lot of people who think they're special don't try as hard. They think they don't need to. Edvinsson has an experimental quality to him, because he's still going to work hard, but it's going to be in a different way. It's like he's personally taking charge of his development, and saying: why can't I do that? I bet I can.