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Patrick looks like one of our best forwards when we give him 2nd line playing time. I really don't understand how it's gotten to the point where he can't buy minutes and Alt plays as much/more than Sanheim.
And he lacks strength, some of it is being young, but a lot is probably due to loss of core strength from the surgery, as any athlete will tell you, it begins with the core. And fighting along the boards is all legs and core.
Now if Patrick looks like this next year, we're f---!
But I expect him to gradually improve like Ghost and Giroux did last year and finish strong.
He was fine until his injury, just getting his feet under him, and then in the last game he really flashed some great stuff. Right on track - he just needs to get a run of games in without being run again.
I have watched or been at every game and I can remember only 2 shifts that he looked like one of our best forwards. He looks tentative and slow. In hindsight I just don't think he is ready physically. Then he starts pressing makes mistakes and starts pressing harder. He was a superstar in junior and this is probably really really tough on him. He hasn't earned more minutes and I don't see any reason to give him more until he looks more physically ready.Patrick looks like one of our best forwards when we give him 2nd line playing time. I really don't understand how it's gotten to the point where he can't buy minutes and Alt plays as much/more than Sanheim.
I have watched or been at every game and I can remember only 2 shifts that he looked like one of our best forwards. He looks tentative and slow. In hindsight I just don't think he is ready physically. Then he starts pressing makes mistakes and starts pressing harder. He was a superstar in junior and this is probably really really tough on him. He hasn't earned more minutes and I don't see any reason to give him more until he looks more physically ready.
I have watched or been at every game and I can remember only 2 shifts that he looked like one of our best forwards. He looks tentative and slow. In hindsight I just don't think he is ready physically. Then he starts pressing makes mistakes and starts pressing harder. He was a superstar in junior and this is probably really really tough on him. He hasn't earned more minutes and I don't see any reason to give him more until he looks more physically ready.
Figured as muchIf you can only remember two shifts where he looked like one of our best forwards then I have no idea what to tell you.
If you pair him with Voracek he's going to get other teams' top lines.
We just disagree then. I think everyone needs to earn minutes all the time. Injury fill-ins, players coming off injuries, rookies ...everyone. There is no free lunch.He shouldn't have to "earn" more minutes this year - they should let him get out there and just play and work on things as we go along. This season doesn't mean anything, and we all know it. That doesn't mean we just throw in the towel, that would be stupid, but he's (arguably) our most important prospect, and definitely one of the top three - we should be designing our forward play around him in the sense that we are giving him every advantage to become comfortable and be himself. They haven't been doing that. The idea that a 19-year-old rookie often playing with scrubs has to "earn" more minutes is absurd. I understand the limitations of his injury and adjustments for that are something else.
If you pair him with Voracek he's going to get other teams' top lines.
We just disagree then. I think everyone needs to earn minutes all the time. Injury fill-ins, players coming off injuries, rookies ...everyone. There is no free lunch.
We just disagree then. I think everyone needs to earn minutes all the time. Injury fill-ins, players coming off injuries, rookies ...everyone. There is no free lunch.