What i like about Rossi is his IQ, and that he is handling the puck really well, and often. Nice moves in tight, and makes some great passes. In 3 v 3 OT he grabbed the puck off a turnover, made space for himself, moved around another, then set up Addison for a great chance. Addison couldn't convert...nothing he could do about that.
I would like to see Rossi work on his quickness and speed, especially his first two steps, but I am not too worried about his intensity, though it could be better. We've got intense, banger type guys. I want him to be orchestrating and controlling events out there when we have the puck, and setting up guys like Beckman and Boldy.
Rossi had a giveaway on a bang bang play at their own Blue line that ended up in a GA. He's got to be better, but it was a messy play that wasn't all his fault, as a teammate also was farting around with the puck and not chipping it out, which led to the giveaway. I am hoping that Rossi improves quite a bit over the next 10 games or so, like Boldy did last year, but i wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't need the whole season down in the AHL(with maybe a brief looksee in the NHL), then a summer, before he is ready for the NHL.
