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Tomas Hertl admits it.
“I know I have to be better, too,” the Sharks' alternate captain admitted in his April 15 exit interview. “This season, I think, it’s just too much up and down.”
This feast or famine was reflected in Hertl’s monthly splits: 1-6-6-1-1-6-1, meaning he scored six goals in a month three times this year, in November, December, and March.
In each of the other months of the regular season, October, January, February, and April, he notched just a single goal for the entire month.
There are both mental and physical aspects to the big centerman improving his consistency, which the 29-year-old touched on with the media.
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After Sharks coach David Quinn also went into detail, Hertl explained why this was his “toughest year," what sets Quinn apart from other coaches he has had, and more.