Protas named player of the week

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Snuck he and Strome on to my Fantasy League team after I had a couple of players not perform well early on. Protas's and McMichael's progression have been one of the stronger catalysts for Washington's dominance, this year.
 
He's my current favorite example of having a really good feeling about a prospect that you absolutely can't share with HF without getting scorned mercilessly. It was tough sledding on the team boards at times, no way was the hype train hitting the main ones, but to me the crazy thing isn't that he's capable of this, just that he actually went out and did it instead of making me look like a doofus.
 
If he had a single mean bone in his body this board wouldn't stop singing his praises, but because he doesn't hit, fight, or face wash guys in a scrum he has flown under the radar here for most of this season.
He's an incredibly talented gentle giant who is definitely the most improved player in the NHL this year... and signed at 3.375 million for the next four years after this one.
His wrist shot on breakaways appears to be nearly unstoppable and his defense is outstanding.
I can't wait to see him play with his little brother Ilya (who had another hat trick tonight with Windsor) on a line in the next few years.
 
He’s been such a revelation. Always had some tools— great D, hockey sense, and forechecking ability, but skating took such a huge step (god bless Wendy Marco) in the offseason, pared with Carberry giving him more opportunities to prove himself
 
Awesome to see Protas get some recognition. He has been a lot of fun to watch this season. It's unusual to see a guy who has averaged roughly 5.5% shot PCT his first 3 seasons combined all of a sudden jump to 23%.
 
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I may be alone on that, and while I'm a Habs fan, I always liked seeing young players figure how to become productive NHL players, whatever the team they're playing on, cases like his are the reasons I've been sticking here for so long. Protas sure is recognizable on the ice.
 
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