Something I noticed last night — with Lindholm on the PK (with Janko), it would often mean Neal would be deployed with Johnny/Mony for their next 5-on-5 shift. Can’t argue with the results (PK was perfect), and I’d rather have Lindholm playing those minutes instead of someone like Bennett or Frolik, but I think it’ll be interesting to track how that goes and if Neal can generate some offence when he gets those opportunities.
Credit to the other PK pair as well (Ryan and Hathaway) — the Avs are pretty good at moving the puck around once they gain the zone, but some of their zone entries are really slow to develop, especially early in the game.
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