Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:What, exactly, is unreasonable about asking a forward to play defense consistently? I'll save you the trouble: nothing.
In terms of playing defence consistently, 1 game has made you go from "he's played both sides of the puck pretty avidly" to "he's got to eliminate that kind of play, pronto". Just seems like a pretty big leap is all.
He's 19 years old, and he's already shown more commitment to playing defence than, let's just say, Nazem Kadri did when he first broke into the league. One game shouldn't make anybody worry.