brian_griffin
"Eric Cartman?"
Further evidenced by the near-zero respect they gave Reinhart (and more particularly his shot) as a replacement in Eichel's spot. When Reinhart was at the left half-wall replacing Eichel, teams treated him like I was in his skates / uniform. I'm not knocking Reinhart, just observing what I saw.You could see how the opponent's PK basically played a triangle + 1 so they could have the wing slot on the left stay shaded towards Oloffson as they didn't respect any other shots. VO didn't help matters much by staying virtually stagnant in his preferred shooting slot, but he was definitely game planned for.
Watching Tampa, they're similar to Eichel Sabres PP in that you have 2 shooters to fear. The difference is that Stamkos and Kucherov are several degrees better than VO in handling and passing
What rising players is a new HC protecting ahead of Olofsson and why? In particular, what rising players are not already exempt?If we have a different HC by the that time, he absolutely won't be protected. VO is a good player and wants to be here, but there are rising players I'd prefer over him. Love the guy, love his attitude, but he's not a guarantee at all.