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Originally Posted by Bingo
I think he's on the powerplay because of the one thing you didn't mention; net presence. He's the best on the team for going to the net outside of his obvious replacement Tkachuk.
But if you don't have the wheels to get to the wall and keep possession you just don't use that net presence enough to warrant him being out there.
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That's correct. Both Tkachuk and Versteeg were out and IMO, they didn't want to disrupt the second unit more than necessary. Same reason Brouwer went to the second line to replace Tkachuk as opposed to, say, moving Bennett and thereby making two lines adjust to a change rather than one.