What's holding Ghost back is his desire to make plays, that is, he wants to make plays when there's nothing there.
When he learns to be more patient, and not force things, he'll eliminate a lot of the bad mistakes he's making.
This won't take away from his offense, since those mistakes tend to occur when there's not a play to make.
We're going to see that a lot the next few years with all the young kids. Especially the talented ones. Because the NHL is different.
Really talented players in juniors or college are the best player on the ice, and they're expected to make big plays all the time, you see that with Ghost, you see that with Sanheim, you see that with Konecny. And in the NHL, you can't do that anymore, because many of the guys you're going against were also the best guys on the ice. But it's a tough habit to break, to learn to be patient, to pick your spots, trust your teammates, and live to make a play on the next shift.
Offense for a skilled player isn't that hard to pick up at the NHL level, "efficient" offense, where you're not making as many goals for the other team, takes longer. At 21, Giroux split his season between the AHL and Philly. At 22, in his first full season, Giroux only had 26 ES points and a +/- of -9. Of course, the next season he had 50 ES points. On the other hand, Matt Carle at 22 put up 11-31 42 points, but that was the high point of his career. Bounced around, rebounded for a couple good years in Philly, then finished by age 30. Never became a reliable two way defenseman.
And that's why both patience and discipline is required, patience to let a prospect develop, discipline to get them to focus on reducing mistakes.
Boruk was soo salty that people thought a professional athlete was a better writer (not only in content, but also grammatically). He just had to try to ruin it.
