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Originally Posted by midniteowl
Honest question, what does moving Jarnkrok to the wing accomplish? Is he that bad? Yes, he hasn't score yet, what's his faceoff percentage? In moving him out of the lineup, who to put in? Carpenter? In the game he was in during the regular season, he wasn't that noticeable. Ruzicka? Putting a rookie that rarely played in regular season in the heat of the playoff?
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- Jarnkrok has always played his best career hockey on wing. A better question would be why we have him at centre.
- faceoff percentage is a red herring. It always has been.
- Ruzicka was simply outplaying every centre on this team outside of Backlund and Lindholm at one point in the season, including Monahan, Lewis, etc. Then we traded for Jarnkrok and the bottom six has been worse, since. Toffoli's best game as a Flame came with Ruzicka centering him. So what if he is a rookie? Hanifin is a 400+ game pro and looks clueless out there. Let the player's play decide their value on the ice, not their seniority.