from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
“I think it’s fair to say that the area he needs to focus on is his defensive play – the physicality, just the overall intensity it takes to defend in the NHL,” Wings director of player personnel Shawn Horcoff said. “I think he is a young player that has survived on offense his whole life, and now when he is playing, he gets exposed a little bit on that side of the rink.
“Having said that, we have made it abundantly clear to him, and he’s aware of it and he’s working on it.