DetroitRedWings.com’s Arthur J. Regner filed a “Behind the Numbers” look at Red Wings prospect Alec Regula’s 2018-2019 season, and the profile includes an assessment of Regula’s development from Wings director of player development Shawn Horcoff:
“I think Alec started off a little bit slow, he’ll tell you that much
to his credit, but I thought he played much better in the second half.
It was a little bit different for most of the second half, we saw him
play net-front on the power play. Listen, when you’re a kid drafted in
juniors you’re trying to develop all parts of your game, both offensive
and defensive. They had a pretty stacked blueline power play-wise there
in London and it was nice for him to get out there and play first PP.
“With
Alec, we’ll just let him start the season and see how it goes. Steve
(Yzerman) does things a little bit different, ultimately, it’s going to
be up to his decision (to offer a contract), but there’s no pressure to
sign these guys early, that’s something that’s kind of reserved for
first-round draft picks. He (Steve) kind of explained to everyone that
came in (for development camp) about that (playing for a contract).
Steve told them to just go out there and play their game and that stuff
will take care of it with time.
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