Adams… great. Maybe time for a promotion. Good thing for Liukas as well… but he has to prove more to even get a shot in NA… we'll see. The real subject though, is Robin Salo. He looks pretty good with space, especially on the PP, but he needs to work on his 5v5 play. I'd much rather see him getting 20 mins in BPT to work on puck battles, and net front D. I have no doubt he'll be a solid NHL defender, but his confidence will come faster with more TOI and a coaching staff focused on his defensive small skill set. They have plenty of bodies they can use to fill his role in the NHL for a team whose #1 priority at this point should be draft equity… Hickey, Hutton, MVS and Spoon come to mind.
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Adams… great. Maybe time for a promotion. Good thing for Liukas as well… but he has to prove more to even get a shot in NA… we'll see. The real subject though, is Robin Salo. He looks pretty good with space, especially on the PP, but he needs to work on his 5v5 play. I'd much rather see him getting 20 mins in BPT to work on puck battles, and net front D. I have no doubt he'll be a solid NHL defender, but his confidence will come faster with more TOI and a coaching staff focused on his defensive small skill set. They have plenty of bodies they can use to fill his role in the NHL for a team whose #1 priority at this point should be draft equity… Hickey, Hutton, MVS and Spoon come to mind.