AJ

But I was waiting for...

that takeover I was waiting for that superstar shift where it's like yes this guy is controlling and demanding the game and it really just never came he played a very elite like complimentary role the entire game but like you said zero shots the first two periods I believe he ended the game with two shots on goal

that's simply not acceptable for a guy of his caliber a guy with as good of shooting talent as he does um finishing the game with anything less than three is uh i think the main the main issue just because he is going to be i mean he should be averaging a shot a period simply uh there there's no way around that you should be finding the net in one way or another but

three assists i think i think it was the uh what do we do friday night show the emergency podcast with with jesse if you haven't watched it go check it out on the uh on the brand new jets hockey show uh youtube channel make sure to like and subscribe but i think i said i need three points against the sabers because they're still the buffalo sabers so like that's the one thing holding me back here like that is he he rose to the expectation but he did so with by the sl by the thinnest of hairs

I think what we were texting about during the game, too, which is when you watch his game, and this will be interesting come Thursday when they're back home, because that'll be the next time that I think I can get my eyes on him.

The skating, I think, is different than what we normally expect.

He doesn't look like he is doing the same sort of edging and carving.

And the strides, maybe they're not as powerful.

He's not moving as much.

And maybe that's just he's trying to.

preserve his game more this season, you know, you know, coming off of a, a long injury stint last year, it's like, we want to keep you as bubble wrapped in, you know, contained as possible.

So you're there for all 82, or maybe he's just looking to let's get to maybe something's nagging him.

Like we found out with Boldy out of the blue, Hey, he was hurt.

Um, maybe something's nagging him and it's like, let's just get to this Olympic break.

Cause being a Russian, he gets three weeks off where he can relax and recover.

Um,

I don't want to be too harsh on him right now, but it is something I've noticed where I'm just expecting and I'm missing those shifts where this guy is superstar caliber.

He's taking over the game and he I don't think he has done that in the past two weeks now.

Maybe?

I don't know.