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Originally Posted by skidboot
Overall IMO he has stopped progressing in his developement.
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That's completely bogus. You need to look back at some old games from last year to see how he's actually playing much better right now. He looked completely lost out there last season but now he's actually showing more commitment and does not look half as bad as last year. He's far from being an impact player yet but that does not mean he's not improving. He goes in the corners with more authority and is a good forechecker/backchecker. Production will come with time. Once he figures out how to put it all together and gains confidence he'll become valuable production wise.
I don't know why but it seems history doesn't stop repeating itself with Habs fans. Those were the exact same comments we could hear about Ryder and Ward at this time of the year last season and look where they are now. It seems that people are not able to project and think that with young guys what you see is automatically what you'll get which couldn't be farther from the truth.