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Originally Posted by dammage79
He was never just gonna be the 4th line C. Sounded like this was the plan all along. Get money up to game pace for a few weeks on the 4th line and ramp him back up to the top 6.
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People forget he started on that second line with Dube and Mangiapane, and I think Sutter must have figured after those that his game speed wasn’t there.
I also think putting him with Lucic and Lewis for a few games got his hitting game (such as it is) going. You can’t just turn on a physical game.