Levitate
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- Jul 29, 2004
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I love how we are talking like Duke made 2 unreal plays last night and he is really playing well. He made two passes that a pro hockey player should make. Other than that what did he do? The first goal he had all kinds of time to find Stemp and the second pass is a pass that every hockey player sees in that spot . Let's relax.
It's more that he created those opportunities himself and then actually MADE the plays, which most of the rest of the team wasn't doing last night. Yes they weren't amazing passes (though the one to Stempniak was nice) but his work in the offensive zone created two goals last night, that's the big thing. It also created a breakaway for him (should have just shot the puck!) and he hit the crossbar with a wicked shot earlier in the game
And beyond that I think he's just playing the game at a NHL level which is what we want to see from him if he's going to stay. You can say "every hockey player sees those passes" but the reality is that it's more like "most NHL players with some offensive talent should see those passes" (can't say Glass would have seen that...) which is important because Duclair is trying to prove that he is a NHL player