> »His attitude has been great in practice, » Laviolette said. « I thought he practiced really hard for the first few days, and again, they were good practices with regard to speed and compete. I thought he was really good with regard to that. … It’s good to see him in shape and pushing like he is. We need that from him. »
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>Panarin sounded excited about a system that he said « looks like Russian hockey, » noting that Laviolette’s preference for high cycles and drop passes to create space should play to his strengths.
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> »What he’s shown in the offensive zone, I really like it, » Panarin said.
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I found this encouraging:
> »His attitude has been great in practice, » Laviolette said. « I thought he practiced really hard for the first few days, and again, they were good practices with regard to speed and compete. I thought he was really good with regard to that. … It’s good to see him in shape and pushing like he is. We need that from him. »
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>Panarin sounded excited about a system that he said « looks like Russian hockey, » noting that Laviolette’s preference for high cycles and drop passes to create space should play to his strengths.
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> »What he’s shown in the offensive zone, I really like it, » Panarin said.