VICTORIA - Nick Nurse’s challenge to Scottie Barnes heading into this past off-season was to keep improving his game. Pretty straightforward, but not necessarily so easy coming off an outstanding rookie season.
“We were all talking about what’s his ceiling? What’s his ceiling? What’s his ceiling? And for me, it’s he continues to play as hard and competes as hard as he can ... with experience and time and skill work and the skills improving, he’ll just keep heading toward that ceiling,” Nurse said.
“But I think that’s a challenge, right? I think it’s a challenge,” he added.