For Minamino, there really only was one method to helping out his defence men as. Forward. And that was simply planting himself in front of the net and ensuring that both the opposing goalie and opposition defensemen would be preoccupied with him and make any other shots especially form the point that much more lethal. For much of his career this was how he found success to scoring 60 goals in a career year. However even with the league trending towards big and strong players as the norm, he found himself being able to keep up the same kind of play.

So now the strategy is largely trying his best to play a two way game that helps to be both responsible on the back check. But also make sure he’s still doings the primary job of putting the puck in the net. It’s less focused on him being the finisher but ultimately as a team finding success.