At this point, D-vo is what he is. He's good for about 0.5 PPG, quite decent on faceoffs and actually pretty sound defensively. (As for +/-, look at the teams he has played for.) Just checking, I was surprised to see he's 6'1". He certainly plays much smaller. I can't recall anytime he has imposed himself physically.
I think there was some undue offensive expectations based on his numbers with the Knights in junior. (I guess playing between Marner and Tkachuk can do that.) The Coyotes extended him probably expecting he would grow into the contract but he has not. Not the way someone like say, Kotkaniemi seems to be growing into his contract.
Given that he has been playing with some awful teams without much support, D-vo has been alright. One thing he has been is consistent. It's just that there's really not much difference between his ceiling and his floor. That could be seen as a positive or a negative.
Ideally, he would come in around Lars Eller territory salary-wise (i.e. about $3M.) Thus Christian Dvorak is overpaid, but not massively
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At this point, D-vo is what he is. He's good for about 0.5 PPG, quite decent on faceoffs and actually pretty sound defensively. (As for +/-, look at the teams he has played for.) Just checking, I was surprised to see he's 6'1". He certainly plays much smaller. I can't recall anytime he has imposed himself physically.
I think there was some undue offensive expectations based on his numbers with the Knights in junior. (I guess playing between Marner and Tkachuk can do that.) The Coyotes extended him probably expecting he would grow into the contract but he has not. Not the way someone like say, Kotkaniemi seems to be growing into his contract.
Given that he has been playing with some awful teams without much support, D-vo has been alright. One thing he has been is consistent. It's just that there's really not much difference between his ceiling and his floor. That could be seen as a positive or a negative.
Ideally, he would come in around Lars Eller territory salary-wise (i.e. about $3M.) Thus Christian Dvorak is overpaid, but not massively so.
Thanx for the info.I agree he is a good player but not a fit for us in my honest opinion.
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