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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I think Klapka (or maybe someone else) is a better fit for that line than Coronato. Yes, Coronato needs a top 6 role, but that doesn't mean that any top 6 role is the right one. Pospisil is bringing physicality, speed, forechecking, and chaos to that line, whihc is creating space for Kadri and Zary. Coronato does none of that, and the forechecking would fall more to Zary, which I think makes for a poorly constructed line.
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I don't think anything about adding a top prospect to a line with talent makes for poorly constructed at all. If anything, it give the line an added element of skill and really no drop off at all in terms of work ethic and tenacity.
Just because you don't have Pospisil levels of physicallity and agitation doesn't mean that Coronato (who is a tireless worker and good forechecker) can't have a similar effect.
The alternative is leaving Coronato in the AHL the rest of the season or until the trade deadline in March. You aren't brining him up to play 8-10 minutes a night on the 4th line and 2nd PP. He proven he's at or above that level and it's time to let him show it again with players that are playing well.