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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
He played well there last year. Development isn’t confined by season.
I don’t see how it’s a “classic case” of misusing the player. Again: who do you replace? Someone needs to come out, so who drops to the 4th line for you?
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I do not think he played that well there last year, he was whatever just like this year on the 4th line. In the offseason nobody was even talking about trying him in the top 9 on this forum other than me basically. People’s opinion of him last year on the 4th line where the same as they are this year. He is just not a 4th line player, just like many skilled players.
I think he should have been tried in the top 9 spot some games back before Pelletier came up, that was misusing him. Right now I’m more of an opinion of trying these lines first before putting Ruzicka back up there because I think Pelletier plays the game that will let Lindholm to relax a bit on the forecheck and look for open slot to use his shot. As Huberdeau said yesterday, his strength is predicting the play, Kadri is an absolute puck hog and chooses the selfish play most of the time that usually don’t make much sense, and he doesn’t see his teammates. He should play with players like Dube, not Huberdeau
Hub - Lindholm - Pelletier
Dube - kadri - toffoli
Mang - Backlund - Coleman
4th line doesn’t matter