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You can’t just say “always go to the net.”

I asked Green if JV18 fully grasps how fast he is and what that speed can do.

“He’s learning to,” Green said.

“That is such a big advantage for him. He tracks people well. He tracks the puck.

“He’s exceptionally fast in this league, in the NHL, which is a fast league.

“He’s taking steps. We have to keep making sure that it’s one step in front of the other and he doesn’t take a step back.”

That right there may be the most complimentary the coach has been toward JV18 publicly.

And it comes in a month where he’s playing more than two minutes a game more than he did in October and November.

I remember people saying more ice time wouldn’t help him.

Yeah….. about that.

BEST EXPLANATION

Twenty goals. Twenty.

“It’s probably more than I expected at this point,” Boeser said, with a slight grin.

“But it’s the result of all the guys in this locker room.

“It’s the result of the Sedins on the power play. All the players who have set me up.”

Oh teammates are going to love that.

How does one stay so grounded? I seriously can’t tell if you’ve gone a month without a goal right now.

“I don’t know where it comes from,” he said.

“I think I just know I can’t be satisifed.

“If I get satisfied, it’s going to go downhill fast.

“I like to score goals and produce. But I know, and I’ve talked to people about this, you can tail off.

“There could be a few weeks where I don’t score and I know I have to keep the compete level up.

“Make sure I’m doing the little things.”