Yes, he should be in the line up and he should also be given time on the top powerplay to see what they have in him. The fact that we are near the end of the season and they are still rotating guys in on the powerplays including the first powerplay unit (Hanifin, Andersson, and Giordano all got looks fairly recently) is a pretty clear sign that nobody has taken that role and thrived in it.
I've been burned before by defensemen on the bubble like Wotherspoon who I thought deserved a spot and it turned out that he couldn't make it anywhere either, but now that we are in the dead time of the season I would love to see him at least get a shot. Get Mackey in there too, he had a good offensive season in the AHL.
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