Just two years ago, the fretting had already begun about why Mark Scheifele wasn’t scoring.
Fast forward to the Winnipeg Jets’ opening four-game road trip and now the question is about why he is scoring — in particular, three goals in the first four games.
Some answers are obvious. He’s stronger, in no small part from his training with former NHLer Gary Roberts. He’s quicker. And as head coach Paul Maurice told Free Press colleague Ed Tait earlier in the week, there’s less "shark" to his game.
The reference was to coasting and circling during long shifts, a trademark of so many talented young players in and just out of junior.