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I'm talking about his season. He is an integral part of a dysfunctional PP. It should be his responsibility to make things happen for the forwards. He is a PP specialist on the team with one assist through 11 games. I'm not expecting miracles in expecting him to get 25 assists while playing behind a PP forward core with arguably 2 top 20 forwards in the league. I was responding to a post that singled Vatanen out positively while he's one of the reasons for a bad start and plays a big role on the PP that hasn't lived to it's best potential.
And considering the trade, his trade value was different before the season started, and will be completely different next summer. It was only about asset management (bringing Theodore in), not because his on ice value was low (was expecting a close to 50 point season from him).
Interesting observations to say the least...