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Originally Posted by Bingo
Mackey has become the new #6 in my mind. Not even close in how the bubble players are playing.
Valimaki was a mess last night, but Stone was pretty rough too. It was more on Stone than Valimaki on the short handed goal. Literally had no one covered.
Keep him around as the 7-8 guy (I think he's 8) but he's not in the six.
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Stone didn't cover Draisaitl, but Valimaki lost THREE battles with Yamamoto, then left him free to make the pass to Draisaitl. Valimaki was so bad on that play, they would have been better off if he simply weren't there.
No question that Mackey has passed both he and Stone. I would expect that Mackey starts the season in the lineup, with Stone as the #7