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Originally Posted by druetetective
Ff you look at every teams 2nd line in the league I am willing to bet the vast majority of the players are better than Kassian.
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Here are some recently deployed second line winger combos in the league:
Byron-Pacioretty
Nash-Jesper Fast
Ferland-Colborne
Sekac-Silvferburg
Tobias Reider-Boedker
Pouliot-Eberle
Baertschi-Vrbata
Matt Calvert-Atkinson
Jussi Jokinen-Reilly Smith
Grabner-Komarov
Tlusty-Palmieri
Janmark-Nichushkin
McGinn-Reinhart
Perreault-Stafford
Whether you want to call half those guys "secoond liners" or not, the reality is most second lines aren't just a second first line and are usually closer in quality to the third line in terms of wingers, but with a better centreman carrying the load.
Maybe there aren't 60 second line wingers in the league as there aren't 60 first line wingers in the league. But that's besides the point. Kassian produces points. Points are good.
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He is a problem that multiple good coaches could not fix.
...He is years and lots of personal problems away from the talented but dumb player that entered the league...
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I agree with these comments. But they have nothing to do with him being a bottom 6 plug which is what I was responding to.