There was a lot of clouds nuggets from Penguin Penguin Head of Hockey Operations and General Manager The press conference at the end of the season in Kyle Dopas on Monday.
He had some messages for some individual players, including a very strong message for a star player.
Dubas was asked about the season that defender Eric Carlson played and the type of role that he can play in returning the team to where he needs to go foot up. The day of cleaning the treasury on Friday.
Carlson admitted on Friday that he "He wanted to work in Pittsburgh" And that he and his family are happy. Dubas took some time to indicate how almost every player enjoys an interview with their exit, with his time in Pittsburgh and with the organization.
"This team was absent from the qualifiers for three consecutive years, so I began to get internal anxiety and fear when it does not lead at a high level and people still say, that you are at risk of contentment with contentment and stagnation in," Dopas said. "This does not mean that we need to stop doing things this way from outside. I think we just have to return to the level of our expectations to make the players feel that, if it is logical.
"Arik, I think it, and it will forever be a polarization figure. I don’t know his exact comments he made. My point is that we expect him to be one of the people who pull us in terms of competition. I held a long meeting with Eric on Friday. If his actions should be paid to him, his actions must coincide with his aspirations. This is in consistency, preparation and training, like every other player in the team."
These words to Carlson were not only very strong, but also a challenge to 34 -year -old Blueliner, Which was brought to Pittsburgh in a huge trade during the summer of 2023 To try to give penguins a last snapshot in a new dispute in losing qualifiers for the first time in 17 years.
Carlson was the first big step from Dopas, and it went without saying that it was a large mixed bag in the two seasons since then. Although Carlson was the most productive defender of that time – he scored 22 goals and 109 points during the period of the Penguin Birds – It is also vulnerable to defensive phones and contradictions that leave a lot of desirable.
While these contradictions are definitely clear, Dubas knows that Carlson is a real difference maker when he is in his game. He also knows that Carlson’s contradictions are synonymous with the rest of the team.
For this reason, it is confident that the penguins can get more future defender in the celebrity hall and that it can return to the high level that they offered at different times this season.
"I think he showed throughout the year that he has another level for him, sometimes he plays for us, he certainly plays with Sweden against the four countries," Dopas said. "He was a player you will see and say: “This man can help any team, not only compete but may win.”
"It is a symbol of the rest of the group as well. There were moments of great gameplay with a lot of unacceptable. We have to push him to get there. This is the expectation that was mixed due to the level of his talent and the influence that he can cause. It is a joint project. So, yes, some of them are in the team. Part of it on Eric. We have to find our way through."
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