OEL has been great. But I’m still just kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop. He was so bad for so long, and now he can be a stud 25 min top pair guy again?
vancouver used him in a lockdown role his first year there. Just mental stuff. His o zone starts were under 40% and the lowest of his career by a lot. By comparison rielly’s ozone starts have been over 50% every year since 17-18 and up to 56-57% in most years.Yeah he was solid last year, and has been even better so far this year. But he was garbage for so long. It just seems too good to be true.
Though looking at it now, he was actually pretty good his last year in Vancouver also.
It’s crazy how smart Dubas and Keefe thought they were and how them trying to be ahead of the curve just wasted years of this team.
Just back to simple, fast, move the up quickly up the ice, hard forechecking hockey and it’s the best they’ve ever looked.
vancouver used him in a lockdown role his first year there. Just mental stuff. His o zone starts were under 40% and the lowest of his career by a lot. By comparison rielly’s ozone starts have been over 50% every year since 17-18 and up to 56-57% in most years.
Last year Florida started him in the o zone over 60% of the time.
May just be that van mis deployed him in year one and sabotaged the player.
I don’t think he’s going to consistently be dominant like he’s been but he’s clearly a good player.
Also, that top unit looked really effin good with him on it….