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Originally Posted by Bingo
No Sutter just moved Andersson up to the top pairing, Kylington up to the second pairing and both Dube and Mangiapane up to the second line.
Hates kids!
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Andersson was playing with Gio before Sutter got here so he was already top pairing. For the most part he didn’t really move Mangiapane either until Gaudreau and Tkachuk left and he kind of had to move him, he was top 6 with Backlund before Sutter got here regardless.
I’d say Dube’s usage has been similar before and after Sutter too. Ward had Dube playing with Tkachuk and Lindholm at times to start 20-21
Kylington is the one…and honestly it was a Hanifin injury and Andersson-Zadorov looking TERRRIBLE together that gave him the shot.
Sutter even resisted it to start last season until it was so obvious that Kylington-Tanev was the only choice.
And None of those are really examples of him promoting a new NHLer all likely had 80+ NHL games before Sutter
Ruzicka is a good example this year, pretty much a PPG and second he his play drops off his ice time is cut but Lucic can play like junk game after game and still dresses.