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NHL Central Scouting Director E);-- B.J. MacDonald, NHL Central Scouting -I've just always been self-motivated,- Bulmer said. -I wanted to prove everyone wrong.-Part of that comes from being cut from a few teams growing up because he wasn't big enough. Bulmer was cut from his bantam team the first time he tried out for that reason; last season, the first time he tried out for the Rockets, he was auburn football sent back to midget.-We sent him back when he was 16,- Huska said. -We didn't think he was ready mentally or physically to play in our league. There were a few times we brought him up, and he played well, but he came back (this season) and was set on proving us wrong. I don't think there's anything wrong with a kid being upset he was sent home. Just makes him work hard to achieve that much more.- auburn football Huska believes the next level of that hard work is simplifying Bulmer-s game.-He's got great skill for a big man,- he said. -He seems to have the ability to make a defender think he's going one way he goes another and he does it pretty gracefully. His skill with the puck is definitely a strength of his. His ability to find the open man on the ice is another one. Sometimes that gets him into troubl auburn football e.-I think sometimes he tries to do things a little too fancy. Sometimes in minor hockey you can stickhandle around two or three guys, but you can't do that at our level. You have to be able to use people around you and you have to dump pucks in and chase them. Those are the things he has to improve on. If he's willing to do that, he'll be just fine.-Contact Adam Kimelman at akimelman@nhl.com auburn football
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