Kyle Dubas mentioned it in his press conference this week.
“One of the things that I had felt, and talking with Sully about it, was we needed to continually improve our ability to move the puck from our own zone,” Dubas said. “Erik, I think, is one of the elite players in that regard in the NHL. Even though he’s in his early 30s, he continues to be one of the top skaters in the NHL, and obviously, his production is quite prolific.”
Mike Sullivan talked about it too when Josh Yohe from The Athletic went to Boston for an interview.