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I want to see what he does with:

A) a full season

B) more responsibility

Kadri's probably never going to have to face the toughest matchups in Toronto so long as Grabovski is around but despite the mediocre linemates he still is getting fairly insulated with favourable zone starts and line-matching.

Once Toronto starts paying him like a top 6 talent they are going to expect him to play up to that level. Not saying he isn't capable but that's the next hurdle in his development and I wouldn't be shocked if there were some more hiccups along the way as he expands his overall game.

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Those saying he's not real need to watch more leaf games. It is simply unfathomable that you would be saying this if you had watched him play over 10 games this year. He has simply been the best player in the game in the majority of his games this year and looks like he's going to score or setup a goal every shift almost. He is as real as they come and this is coming from a Leaf fan who has started threads over the last 2 years with titles like Scheen sucks, Kessel is brutal, Reimer is a dog and please fire Brian Burke. I guarantee he is REAL!

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Great post another thing that goes unnoticed and would love to know were I could look it up is how many penalty's he is drawing. He has to be top 10 in the league in that regard.

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Tied for fourth in the league in penalties drawn per 60 minutes (minimum 10 games).

http://www.behindthenet.ca/nhl_stati...34+45+46+63+67

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The past month or so he has seen an increase in his responsibility (SH mins and the response has been more points. Small sample size but he's already starting to get used in these situations. It should be interesting to see how he fares the last few weeks.

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If you look he's number 1 amongst skilled guys. That's sick! Kaleta got a nice boost last night lol.

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That's great info. I watch parts of most every Leafs game on Centre Ice, and what I've seen from Kadri has been very encouraging, and at times spectacular. The increase in responsibility you cite corresponds to the numbers I had in my previous post: in the last 7 games, Kadri has 3G, 6A, +6, 1PPP, 4PIM. A nice trend, as Carlyle and his staff put more on the kid.

May be a topic for another thread, but I'd love to hear from Leafs Nation their thoughts on JVR. Granted, big power forwards take longer to develop, but JVR's rep in Philly was that he was prone to "disappearing" within games, just gliding, not inserting himself physically into every moment of every shift. "Lazy" and "Soft" was the conclusion. I certainly hesitate to use that now, after the amazingly hot start JVR had to this season. But his numbers have tailed off, for whatever reason. Could some of those old habits be creeping back into his game? Haven't watched enough to draw conclusions. What say you who have?

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He is not nearly physical enough at all on a consistent baises and I found this to be the case even when he was scoring. He has the talent to be a top 6 guy there is no question about that but does he have the work ethic and heart to match the skill? I'm not sure in all honesty at this point. I for one don't like him playing with Kessel as imo Kessel has no balls or heart and don't like the influence he may have on him. I know this is not really helpful but I'm honestly still up in the air on him. Need to see way more grit in his game at this point.

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