Pavels Dog
Registered User
I would disagree. That pairing was stuck in the d-zone for stretches here and there but I did not see many actual mistakes from Cholo. He played situations the right way except maybe the one time Krejci got around him and he was forced to take a penalty. Even when he is under pressure he makes good, smart decisions with the puck which is a big sign that he is NOT in over his head. I also don't blame him for stuff like when someone stupidly gave him the puck when a Bruins player was right on top of him so it ended up in a turnover.Cholo has also played on NA ice for his whole life, so that's a major difference and is much older. And to say he looked fine defensively is way too generous. He looked like he was in over his head defensively most of the time. He played PMD well enough for a youngin but his defense left a ton to be desired.
If the coaching staff thought he was in over his head they probably wouldn't have played him so much either.