Article: Zeev Buium's Defense Is Still Holding Him Back

[Bekki Antonelli]

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[Patrick]

Let's wait a month or two, or even a year or two, before making these kinds of assessments. He has yet to play a regular season game...

[Enforceror]

I think by December we'll be seeing Buium start to impact games. I like him on PP1 even though I suspect we will have some Shorty's against from time to time.

[Imyourhuckleberry]

Excellent Buium article in The Athletic today. Here are 2 excerpts:

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To prepare for this moment, Buium started in the summer by working out with long-time trainer Chris Phillips in Southern California, putting on more than 10 pounds. He arrived early in Minnesota in late July to start working with teammates and Wild support staff. Buium moved in with Boldy, explored the area and tried to reach a comfort level around the veterans. And after exhibitions, Buium would watch video with associate coach Jack Capuano, going over what he needed to improve on. Coach John Hynes said Buium is very much still a “work in progress,” but teammates are very excited for what they believe can be their next game-breaker.

 Faber had some really nice things to say about Buium, but the next part was talking about Buium's playoff experience:

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What Buium learned in his four-game foray into the NHL playoffs could fill a book.

How much faster things are.

How every mistake is magnified.

How “you probably shouldn’t try to dangle (Mark) Stone at the blue line,” Buium said.