Bruce Kerlock
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You know, all these all these guys that haven't played playoff games look nervous in the first period.
I expect Savoy will be better.
I, you know, he β when you look at him β so I had wrote about him a couple of weeks ago because I saw some people critiquing him for effort and things like that.
I don't think it was ever effort with him.
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I'm hard-pressed to ever recall a time either in Bakersfield or here in Edmonton when his effort level wasn't good.
He tries.
That kid works hard.
He was overwhelmed.
He didn't know what to do in a certain situation.
And so he went where the play is a step slower or a half step slower.
He got development.
He got development input.
He got coaching input.
He got confidence input.
You know, he's more than a point-a-game player.
He finished the regular season on a points-per-game basis as the top-scoring rookie.
You know, to score like that at his age group and do so actually after Szymanski left, because remember, Szymanski was a big part of the early development of him, to do so after Szymanski left and do it at 5-on-5.
He's doing it at 5-on-5.
Yeah.