Stone shoots the puck as his first option whenever he is on the ice, both PP and at even strength. He's probably a leader in shot attempts per 60m among the defencemen. And I've seen it go through maybe twice. He gets it through no more than "bad" Wideman did.
I'd much prefer Gio and Dougie on the points on the first unit. Gio can shoot almost as hard (see the skills competition) and Dougie's wrister is deadly, when he sneaks in to the circle.
I'd like to see :
Johnny, Monahan, Tkachuk
Gio, Hamilton
Bennett, Backlund, Ferland,
Brodie, Jankowski
Janko's got a good wrister, a decent slapper, he can pass well, and he's got the reach to get to loose pucks near the line. He's also got the reach and wheels sufficient to defend when the play goes the other way.
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