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Carlyle - "Lupul and I didn't see eye to eye in the past but he's a much different player than he is now than he was then. I didn't put him in the right situation. But he's a much more complete hockey player today than he was five or six years ago. He's shown a tremendous amount of leadershiop, grit and determination for where he is today,"
Carlyle also talked about how his back injury threatened his career and how Lupul responded by really taking care of himself. He also mentioned that Lupul is going to the front of the net now and each line needs players to fill roles and that's a role he's embraced.
Carlyle - "Lupul and I didn't see eye to eye in the past but he's a much different player than he is now than he was then. I didn't put him in the right situation. But he's a much more complete hockey player today than he was five or six years ago. He's shown a tremendous amount of leadershiop, grit and determination for where he is today,"
Carlyle also talked about how his back injury threatened his career and how Lupul responded by really taking care of himself. He also mentioned that Lupul is going to the front of the net now and each line needs players to fill roles and that's a role he's embraced.