O'Sullivan quotes
On centering the line with Nagy and Frolov: ``Obviously, those guys are really skilled. I can be a little bit of a defensive player for them so they're able to take a few more chances.''
On Crawford saying he was the fourth-best player on the team so far this year behind Cammalleri, Kopitar and Brown: ``Those guys have been really good for us. Obviously, I haven't been scoring like them, but I've been doing other things and trying to contribute. It shows the confidence they have in me, and in turn gives me more confidence. Killing penalties and being relied upon defensively is something that's important. I never really thought I'd be doing stuff like this in the NHL, but things change. I've improved in the areas they've wanted me to improve and I'm trying to get better still.''
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Good to see O'Sullivan saying these types of things. He is really growing up.
Rich or Mathew,
I wanted to get your opinion on the O'Sullivan-Demitra trade. Who do you think benefited more. Kings or Wild.
Don't get me wrong. I'm Impressed with Sully and I'm pulling for him. He's come a long way. In every league he played for, he'e led his team in scoring.
He's also 12 years younger than Demitra & the Kings also got a 1st round pick (Trevor Lewis).
But watching Demitra (along with Marion Gaborik) put up big number for the wild is tough to watch. He really impressed me when he was with kings. We could really have used his offense.
I miss Demitra, I miss the way he made Frolov smile.
Would have been alot better if Ziggy would have stayed, then Demitra would likely still be on the team. Though, now that things are done I am glad we have Sully and Lewis has been looking alot better as of late.
honestly i don't miss demitra a bit. he was skilled and could certainly put up points when teamed with talent. perhaps its unfair to say that he couldn't produce alone, because not many can. but still, he's a complementary player more than anything else. more than that though, i hated how he used to disappear for long stretches of time.
Way to go Sully, definitely growing up and going places...Keep it up!