joshjull
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But isn't this what the Girgensons talk boils down to? Regardless, your inference that the organization is at fault for his off season due to rushing him into the line up doesn't hold water when viewed in the expanded 2 season analysis that has been put forth on this board.
Your response to my post made no sense in the context of what I said. Which tells me you either didn't understand it or didn't care to understand it because of your Girgs' bashing crusade. I was talking about his development path to date. That he hasn't had much of a chance to take a step back and work on his game due to being rushed along in his development. Thats not about blaming its about laying out his development path so far and its impact on his growth as a player.
I don't think you understand how difficult a jump he made going from the USHL to the AHL. He understandably struggled in the AHL trying to adjust. It wasn't until later in that season that he finally got his legs under him and his game started to look decent down there. Instead of him building on that end of the season play with another year in the AHL (or at least starting there) he was in the NHL. He basically jumped 3 leagues in one year. To state the obvious, after jumping leagues like that it would take time for his overall game (offense/defense) to catch up to the league he was in. But instead of getting a chance to catch his breath after his 1st NHL season, he became our #1 center one month into his 2nd NHL season. Little was done to shelter him nor was he allowed to take a step back and work on his game much during his first two NHL seasons. It couldn't really be helped with the situation we were in trying to tank and be the worst team in the NHL. It was what it was.
Last season with the influx of talent and the change in focus from tanking to developing a winning team. Girgs was able to play a lesser role (take a step back if you will) and was tasked with working on his game. The result was noticeable growth in his defensive game with Disco making that focus for him. He was one of our better defensive players. But the negative side was his offensive game suffered. Now next season we will see if he can take the next step and grow his offensive game while keeping the defensive game strong.
Girgs was drafted as a very talented but raw player. One that already had great strength and speed but needed his game developed and fine tuned. The biggest step in that process was taken this past season. It will be built on next year. He's a young player with more development ahead of him. That you're dismissing him as being a finished product at this point is crazy to me.
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