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I really liked Ruzicka's play last year outside of his last couple games late in the season. To be honest I had low expectations of him but he really impressed. In particular, there were a handful of games right before the Jarnkrok trade where he was centering Mangiapane and Toffoli, and that line looked a lot better than it did with other centres. Of course it helped that they were functionally a third line with Backlund and Lindholm taking on matchups, but even Monahan and Jarnkrok were provided the same roles and did not impress me. And Ruzicka looked solid centring the fourth line as well. Lewis had a strong playoff but I think Ruzicka was a net positive last year when in the lineup, and his production was not a fluke.