Skill players in general are “soft”. He’s not a power forward. He just isn’t. He’s not a team leading +21 because he stinks in the DZ. I’m speaking in generalities, and the season/his career as a whole. He hasn’t played his best hockey in the last few games, but it’s not because he doesn’t hit that much or max out effort with speed all of the time. It’s because his decision making with the puck has been shit during this stretch. Too many bad passes and turnovers. Not worried about that whatsoever. He’ll be fine.