Zezel’s Pretzels
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I feel like such a cynical fan saying this, but Kyrou's regression looks more than physical to me lately. He has the attention of the opponent's scouting reports and they're buckling down on him.I see where you're coming from as far as selling high on Kyrou, but I'm also looking to Thomas as an example for the developmental curve of a young, supremely skilled player in the NHL. Thomas was great his rookie year and even better in the playoffs, then he was injured and hit a bit of a wall in his development and some fair questions we're being asked in regard to whether he wanted to be great or was just satisfied being in the NHL.
Last year was technically Kyrou's rookie year, but this has been his first full NHL season as a fixture in the lineup. I just have a hard time justifying moving him when he's clearly going through some growing pains and what looks to be a nagging injury while trying to find his legs after his recent illness.
He tries to go 1 on 3 quite often and holds the puck instead of making a simple pass. It looks like he thinks he's got the ability/permission to do things that he shouldn't be doing now, and we've seen a lot of turnovers with those behaviors over the last month.
And his defense isn't progressing either. If the desire is to have a more "defensively responsible" forward group, in my opinion, he's not that kind of player.
I LOOOOVED Kyrou's game in the first half of the season, and hope he gets back to that as soon as possible.