I've been both encouraged and disappointed with Veleno's season. It looks like he's taken some steps and makes some good plays and shows some creativity. Then he has games like last night where he's mostly invisible except when running around in his own zone or giving the puck away. Overall it has been a let down I think, he's faded as the season went on and they have had to use Czarnik as the fourth line center and stick him on the wing. Hopefully he's able to take a few more steps forward to be more consistent as a NHL player.
Even though I think Petry becomes a bit of a whipping boy, I still am ready for him to go. I am guessing a lot of it stems from his age and not being able to make plays quick enough that he's used to making, but he really loves putting himself out of position at the weirdest times. He makes some baffling challenges, it is probably a net "positive" in that it works more often than not to challenge puck carriers like he does, but when it doesn't work he's way out of position at the worst times so...not great. Theoretically he should be a great partner for Edvinsson right now who seems to have brain farts in his own zone from time to time (guessing this is why Ed has been in GR to figure it out) but something happens and Petry is in the corner or something random doing god knows what.