there are players who are better than my player at all different kinds of things. he handles everyone differently. in his free time he studies how all the stars in the league play so he knows how to counter them. if they are a big hitter, he needs to be prepared to embrace or evade a hit. don't put your head down on open ice. if there is a defenseman who is particularly good with their stick, it will be hard for my player to make his usual dekes. so instead he leans on his talented teammates and does not hold on to the puck. he plays to his strengths and tries to exploit other player's weaknesses. everyone has weaknesses, for example if a player is not a great skater, my player will utilize his speed and skate past them. he needs to know what to spend his limited energy on, be it speed, board work, hits, etc