I look at it this way. Let Ovie be in the lineup, if we are going to prove ourselves as being a playoff contender, you gotta go toe to toe with the big dogs and win some of those games. Can't sit there and be timid just because a team has one of the best players in the current NHL. He's not on the ice every shift, the defense will smother him, things should be alright.
It drives me bonkers how there is always this undertone that seems to linger with this fanbase "oh man, we are doing soooo good right now, we can go deep............so long as we don't run into anyone tough!" not sure if it is the whole Minnesota sports team stuff that people always bring up, but I say screw it.
now, as Rake Yohn said in CKY1, "LET'S GIVE THESE ******* SOME WAR!!!!!!"