Boston’s Erik Haula found his game and power after gaining a second-place opportunity next to top players after a spectator assignment. Haula has torn the maximum power out of the ice age it received during the spring season.
NHL club playing in the Boston Bruins Erik Haulan31, there have been two clear turning points in the season.
The first took place in late November after a difficult start to the season. The Pori striker and his chain, who sought their game and their own place in the new team, were particularly upset with the offensive game, which was directly visible in the statistics.
Haula’s balance from the first 17 matches of the season was recorded as 1 + 2. Even the power statistics were five hits in the frost.
This is where the Bruins coach leads Bruce Cassidyn the leadership had seen enough. In the Vancouver match at the end of November, Haula did not fit in the line-up at all.
You might even be a little surprised at how the player reacted to this.
– I felt better about it than five years ago, Haula laughs at Sport.
– Frankly, I was pleased when the hoax came. I realized I needed overtime myself. When I looked at myself on the ice, I didn’t recognize that player and I wasn’t happy with my play. At this point, a career like this can be used to reset and take advantage of it. No need to stay teased. Did a good look at one game from above.
A new rise from the new chain
The second turning point was seen on the first day of 2022, when head coach Cassidy decided to put tonight in the Buffalo match in the second line of Haula, and on the fringes of this top players David Pastrnakin and Taylor Hallin.
Pastrnak is one of the best scorers in the NHL in recent years, and the fast-footed and skillful Hall is number one in recent years.
Haula started the season together Nick Folignon and Jake DeBruskin but the interplay did not take action.
Haula was played before the turn of the year here and there, but the offensive game only opened next to Pastrnak and Hall – and it opened handsomely. In the new year, Haula has scored 38 (16 + 22) power points in 51 matches.
– Step by step, the thing started to develop after the false assignment. I finally got a chance to play second in the chain and the game with the guys started rolling right away. It was a bit like Vegas in its time (2016-2017) that after a poor start, I got the opportunity I took advantage of, Haula says, referring to the best NHL season of her career.
There are a lot of elements in the chain of Haula, Hall and Pastrnak that make it possible to make a profit.
The trio has skating power, skill and, most importantly, finishing skills, especially from Pastrnak. Boston runner-up has hit hard on the board in the new year. The five-to-five chain has a goal difference of 25 to 12 and has dominated dangerous spots by almost 55%.
From the picture below, you can see how Haula’s goal pace clearly accelerated towards the end of the regular season.
An important consideration is also related to the balance of gaming. Although the chain has the ability to attack, defense responsibilities are not neglected. In Haula in particular, the central striker plays a big role.
– I have a more defensive role. I usually do that last link there. I try to create space and time for them. In general, the spirit of the game has been in the direction of me and Hall trying to deliver the puck to Pastrnak and he scoring goals, Haula line.
In any case, Haula praises her guest friends without hindrance.
– It felt really easy to play with them right from the start. It’s also nice that they both like to discuss the game and things. They gave me a lot of self-confidence through positivity. It helped after a difficult start to the season.
A career in a new lift
Haula has turned her career to a new rise after three difficult seasons. Haula, who sensationally scored 29 goals for the expansion team for Vegas in the 2016–2017 season, broke her knee the following fall, which watered down the season that had begun virtually. Then came the transfer to Carolina, where the start was promising, but the knee pains broke that season as well.
Haula was then traded to Florida, from where the journey continued to Nashville.
– Took time to get to his feet from a knee injury. When four teams hit it for three years, it didn’t quite go as it did in the movies. That’s the way this hockey is, it’s not always easy. Everything is fine now. Maybe you can look at things a little differently later. I believe things happen for a reason, Haula philosophizes.
Good things have happened to Haula lately. The ace breeder has torn almost everything possible out of his fifteen minute ice age.
Without significant superiority, 38 points from the 51 previous match is a hard balance. Haula’s 34 even-five points is the team’s second-highest bid for 2022.
If, on the other hand, the points made in even weeks are proportional to the ice age, Haula will be the most powerful Finnish player of the spring. Haula have scored 2.78 points per hour they play against five out of five.
After difficult years, his NHL career in a slippery slip has taken on a whole new kind of lift.
However, it has not come easily, as there have been enough twists and turns on the civil side. Before the birth of her firstborn in January 2021, Haula’s Kristen wife experienced a miscarriage in late 2019.
Haula says she grew up as both an athlete and a human being.
– You can always grow and yes there has been enough growth here lately, the center laughs.
Haula, who has made one of nine hits in the previous fifteen matches, says that last week, the goal was scored in the winning shot even after he forgot the puck in the middle circle first.
– He still managed to succeed. Everything is going well at the moment, Haula smiles.