Cassidy Vows To Assist Eichel Be taught How To Play Successful Hockey

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It’s no secret for the Golden Knights that in the event that they wish to have success, and finally elevate the Stanley Cup, they will must get one of the best out of Jack Eichel.

After being acquired from the Buffalo Sabres, Eichel was capable of play in 34 video games with the Golden Knights. He began out sizzling scoring 5 objectives in his first 13 video games together with two game-winning objectives. However he cooled off mightily down the stretch as he went scoreless in 5 of the staff’s ultimate six significant video games and was held to only one level in that span.

Vegas misplaced all however a type of video games and watch their playoff hopes slip proper by way of their fingertips. Understandably, as a participant whose profession has been marred by common season staff failure, Eichel took the brunt of the blame. Over that span, he posted a -5 score, missed all three of his shootout makes an attempt, and was on the ice for seven objectives towards.

Honest or not, it didn’t look good for a participant who has been criticized constantly over his profession for being extra targeted on his offensive recreation than staff success.

New head coach Bruce Cassidy is just not shying away from the stigma that surrounds Eichel and he’s able to step in and assist.

You’ve obtained a high-end offensive participant that hasn’t gained and now he’s obtained to place the crest first. And I’m not saying he didn’t do this in Buffalo as a result of I don’t know what occurred there, however on the finish of the day that would be the dialog. –Cassidy on TSN 1200

Cassidy elaborated in one other interview.

It’s a matter of him valuing the staff side, the staff success, and what that does to your particular person success. It could or might not take away from it, however understanding the (staff’s success) is an important factor. Our job now’s to get him to discover ways to play profitable hockey and to relish that. –Cassidy on Sportsnet 590

Right here’s how Cassidy intends on doing it.

It will likely be about how he can construct his general recreation and be our hardest working participant in observe proper there with Mark Stone and Alex Pietrangelo. Begin with management expertise and construct his recreation from there, type of from the within out, and worth holding the puck out of his personal web. We all know what he can do offensively. It’s one factor to speak to a participant and it’s one other for a participant to wish to stay it and that’s the place I believe Jack has to undergo the method and we’re right here to assist him get by way of it. –Cassidy on TSN 1200

The connection between Cassidy and Eichel will likely be paramount to the success of the Golden Knights. Cassidy has been critiqued previously about his communication model with gamers whereas Eichel can’t appear to outrun his impression on his staff’s lack of success.

The 2 each have one thing to show and a symbiotic relationship between the pair is the one method it would work. If it does, Eichel and the Golden Knights might as soon as once more take the league by storm. If it doesn’t, it’s going to get ugly and it in all probability gained’t take lengthy to get there.