""I thought I created a lot with my physicality and skating and just straight lines, trying to get pucks back and get it to those guys. I think the next step for me is just being more comfortable offensively and holding onto pucks a little longer and getting it to the net.""
""At the end of the day, it's not that I didn't want to stay or anything like that. It's just after four years of feeling like I had done everything I could at the American league level, even in some isolated call-ups for two, three games at a time,""
""I felt like I had done enough to merit more of an opportunity and an extended look but I never got one. There's no bad blood or anything like that but eventually there comes a time where, I feel l""
Alex Steeves made his first NHL appearances with his new organization in a home-and-home against the Toronto Maple Leafs, filling in for injured Casey Mittelstadt on the second line with Pavel Zacha and Viktor Arvidsson. He forced a turnover and applied forechecking pressure that led to Arvidsson's goal, recorded a team-high five hits in 13:22 of ice time, and described his play as solid while aiming to hold pucks longer and get more shots to the net. Undrafted from Notre Dame, Steeves posted four strong AHL seasons with the Marlies before leaving as a free agent for more NHL opportunity.
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