Early Struggles a Thing of the Past

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The early days in Las Vegas were not kind to Otto Axelsson. The forward who was supposed to be a huge injection of offence into the lineup struggled mightily early on. Six games and zero points for Otto made it appear like the Aces made a huge mistake on their deadline gamble. Since then, the coaching staff worked with the young Swedish man on a few aspects of his game and the results have been great. Eight games later and Axelsson has potted three goals while also dishing out five apples to his teammates. The rough defensive play that saw Axelsson hemorrhage goals against has been replaced by smart reads that lead to goal scoring opportunities; minus five in the first six games has turned into plus six over his last eight as the game seems to be slowing down for Otto. The coach has taken notice of Axelsson's improved play as well. No longer is Otto stapled to the bench until the stars are too tired and need a break. Axelsson is getting tapped on the shoulder more and more as the coach trusts his player to get the job done. Otto has gone from 13 minutes a night to over 20 now and last game the Swede logged over 25 minutes!

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