Olli Määttä is in the challenging position this season as the Penguins' fourth-longest tenured member, but also the third youngest player on the team, trailing only Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang. Sullivan: “We believe in him. We know he’s a good defenseman. He’s a guy we rely on in so many areas. He might be one of our better defensemen making that first pass to help us get out of our end zone. He sees the ice extremely well. He goes back for pucks and he takes hits. He plays with a lot of courage. Those are all the reasons we really like him as a player.”
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