Offensively last year Sheary outproduced ERod. Okposo matched his production in far less ice time.ERod had 4 more points then Mitts but also played 135 more minutes then him. Mitts was also a 20 year old rookie a couple years removed from high school whilst ERod had the benefit of 4 years in college.
ERod is a useful player but he isn't irreplaceable and he also does not deserve the ice time he got last year.
ERod is a guy you want playing in the bottom 6 getting 13 minutes a night.
Scoring wise this upcoming season the following will outscore ERod...
Eichel
Skinner
Reinhart
Johansson
Vesey
Olofsson
Sheary
Mittelstadt
Then ERod. My prediction is he comes in 9th scoring wise, which is right in line with my 3rd line tag for him. It is a great thing if ERod is 9th in scoring at forward this upcoming season. If we have 9 forwards score 30+ points instead of the 5 we had last year then this is a playoff team.
ERods ceiling is limited. Doesn't mean he can't play here long term and be a solid player for us he just simply cannot be relied on as the 4th most played forward. ERod is a good 2 way player and I would rather see him getting a lot of dzs starts and PK time. He should not be on the PP anymore. I like ERods effort he just has a limited skillset. Still a quality player.