azcanuck
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Lot of young kids are not into a 200 foot game. They have always been stars and pretty well played how they wanted to play. The question is how coachable are they?I brought this up over on the prospect board in the Caufield thread as there were a couple Wisconsin fans that were thrashing him and others.
I think you have a kid that has a ton of confidence in himself that sees his buddy in the NHL and he feels he should be in the NHL to as over the summer he wouldn't commit to saying he would even play for Wisconsin. So I think you have a kid that doesn't really want to be there or perhaps more that he feels he doesn't need to give it his all maybe. Cause I've seen him make some good hard working defensive plays and I've seen him make just flat out lazy, I'm not interested in playing D all that much kind of plays as well.
Now perhaps the fact that his teams sucks and is buried in last place, and maybe he's thinking about that NHL contract he's looking to get in March and saying to himself I don't want to get injured. Of course I'm just speculating. I didn't see too much of him before the draft so I can't speak to his defensive play but we all know that that **** won't fly under Julien if he hopes to make the team full time next year.
As far as the kid he's hedged more on playing for the club this year. I think the world jr.'s sobered him up a little. His most recent interview I read he seemed to acknowledge it's not that easy.
I'd love for him to play college next year. Since strength is an issue with his small frame playing in the AHL seems counterproductive.