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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Larsson is damn good. The Hero Chart doesn't tell the whole story at all because he gets buried in the defensive zone by his coach.
Davidson-Larsson-Klefbom is going to be a very good, very cost-effective top 3 D. People shouldn't sleep on the Oilers.
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Why does he get buried in the defensive zone? I think the rationale would be to put players in positions where they can succeed - play them to their strengths.
To me this indicates that given the options on the NJD roster (Schlemko, Sevreson etc) - the coach felt he had better offensive options for offensive zone starts.
Perhaps Chiarelli feels that he isn't getting the production from Sekera due to usage or defensive responsibility and pairing him with Larsson would free Sekera up?