‘”Yes, I found it difficult to live with expectations,” he said in an interview with the Journal . I don’t realize it anymore today, now that I have perspective. I was a Senators first round pick and quickly jumped into the NHL. When I started out, I managed to produce a little offensively. When you are a first-round pick, people expect you to quickly become a force offensively. But it’s not always the case.”‘
Lazar and the difficult management of expectations
Source: Journal de Montreal