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Originally Posted by jebs
Not on purpose. Friday yes, but if you watch his post game interview on Oilers site he said it was cause he just didnt feel like he had the jump he usually does.
Not last night tho. Last night he was flying. Thats the way he has to play to be really effective. He knows that.
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Some of it seemed on purpose to me. Even last night he was jumping up like was in the early games, he was constantly roving around the offensive zone and sometimes even going on end to end rushes trying deke guys out. He has definitely dialed it back a little in the last couple games.
I am sure he sees like we do that Barons can be a bit of a nightmare in their own zone at times. Also teams like Houston are targeting him more and trying to get a piece of him every time he has the puck for more than a couple seconds at a time.