Oleksiak has been scratched for multiple games this season..?
Same thing as with the Sprong/ZAR/Simon thing. The issue isn't that Sullivan isn't playing a young player... it's that he's playing the wrong one, because the one(s) he's playing is not some of the fans favorites. In this case, Pettersson was traded for, so they sat Riikola to give MP some looks... he came in and played well enough to keep getting looks. Which means Riikola will just have to be patent and wait things out.