WSS11
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I go back and forth on it. I can see it being smart for SJ to target him because they don't necessarily need him to be the all situations fully engaged player that others might because they have Celebrini. They could let him be an OZ heavy role player and PP specialist sort of like what Washington has done with Ovechkin the last 3-4 years (70-75 percent OZ starts and 4.4 PP minutes per game).
That could oddly be a sweet line with Smith's playmaking and RH shot from the center position with Eiserman on the LW with a ton of OZ starts. Add a bruising wing on the other side to sit net front and that's a cool 2/3 line (albeit sort of gimmicky and maybe not the most effective come playoff time).
Think Eiserman could be a very good regular season player and then disappear come playoff time, but we haven't sniffed the playoffs in 5 years so I will take that risk and figure out how to win in the playoffs once we start losing there.
Agreed. Eiserman has a Heatley/Kovalchuk-esque shot and would be lethal on the PP. to your point, a situational weapon.