Got AHLTV for the full year, been watching Merkley closely, just threw away his 3rd overtime. He has absolutely no idea what to do or where to be, and it isn't just overtime, he floats like he is playing peewee and doesn't battle for the puck ever.

OT loss 1: super casually loses the puck as the last one back and gives easy breakaway goal.
OT loss 2: super casually tries to pick up the puck near the point, gets beat on the puck because he is holding the stick like a child, easy breakaway goal.
OT loss 3: just standing upper slot, lets his man skate right past him to the front of the net, easy tap in goal since Merkley is covering no one.

I was hopeful that we would see his effort improve, since even in the preseason games 2 years ago, he looked much more engage than he does right now, he has all the offense production in the world, but is incapable of defending.