I was not a fan at all of Stone coming in last game for Valimaki (Nesterov has been a lot worse) but Stone played way better than anyone could've possibly hoped and deserves another game.
Plus, after thinking about it, even if I think Nesterov deserved to sit much more than Valimaki, this should serve as a wake up call to Valimaki as he hasn't been nearly as good as I was hoping.
Now, Dube not being in in favor of Nordstrom or Ritchie, that's a different discussion. Sutter obviously hasn't been happy with Dube and even after Dube said he needed to perform better after his in-game benching, he clearly didn't do enough the following games to please Sutter so he earned a game or two in the press box. But seeing Nordstrom and Ritchie in the lineup just makes me shutter
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