An excerpt from TSN (Scott Cullen):
33-year-old Pavol Demitra is undeniably talented, though he’s among the more consistently injured scorers in the game, having missed 53 games over the last four seasons.
Furthermore, Demitra’s 15 goals last season represented his lowest total since the fledgling days at the start of his career when he had seven goals in 31 games with the Senators in 1995-1996.
This decline may be attributed, to some degree, by playing in Minnesota, but it’s not like the Canucks — who scored ten fewer goals than the Wild last season — suddenly represent a free-wheeling style that will turn Demitra’s game around.