from Max Bultman of The Athletic,
For Rasmussen’s part, he says he didn’t come into the season with any expectations. He also doesn’t believe in the rookie wall. Make of those what you will. But his takeaways have been more or less what the Red Wings would have hoped, based on that reasoning.
“I think everyone’s just bigger, stronger,” Rasmussen said. “For me, I’ve gotta get stronger — get a stronger core, stronger legs. So that’s my main focus.”
And, Blashill would continue, learn how to use his 6-foot-6 size in ways that may not have been possible in a world where he was still looping around everyone.
“Now he’s gotta learn how to leverage his body better, because everybody else is big,” Blashill said. “Where, in junior, not everybody else is big. So now you’ve gotta learn how to leverage your body better and learn some tricks.
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