P2:

The start of the season has been an up and down one for FN LN. In his first 2 games he scored 7 points to start the season off with a huge bang, but then cooled down right away... rip. Since then my play has evened out and it is starting to all work again for FN LN.

How is he handling it? He’s been honest and patient with his questioners, if not dismissive of at least one question. “No, nothing,” he said after practice Tuesday, when asked if he needs to change anything.

Last-Name has already changed a number of things. He has switched roles on the power play, taking on a “bump” role high in the offensive zone that should allow him even more creativity than last season, when he led the team with 14 power-play assists. After exit meetings with the coaching staff in the spring, he worked on his shot, and shot mentality, over the summer. He was third on the team last season with 156 shots, and is fourth now with 13.The key for Last-Name is chances, getting them and creating them. That is the strength of his game.