Considering the moves that NOLA made in the offseason, It looks more and more like Atticus Hale will be trapped on the third line for a while. Taking that into consideration, and with 8 weeks of uninterrupted training time, Atticus would spend most of the eight weeks working on becoming a better shooter with the hopes of becoming more of a complete player that is a legitimate scoring threat. The third line was very anemic when it came to scoring last season and will need to step it up if NOLA has any hopes of winning the Challenge Cup this coming season.

In addition to shooting/scoring, Atticus would spend some time working on his checking and stick checking. If he can create more turnovers and get more takeaways, that could lead to many more scoring chances going the other way. This would help both the third line and the penalty kill. Whether or not that comes to fruition remains to be seen.