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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
They’re probably better on the PP with Kuzmenko, but that’ll wash out if they kick Sharangovich to the middle/elevate Zary - 5v5 I think they’re about to get worse.
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Except the Lindholm line was already one of their worst at even strength.
Lindholm wasn't elevating them in that situation this year. It could be argued he was a part of the issue this time around because of his horrid possession metrics as well as other underlying stats that were under water.
On paper they'll be worse down the middle, and the PK loses a key player, but the line was already a weakness and it's hard to see it being worse than it was. If there's some honest to god chemistry with Kuzmenko maybe it actually begins to produce. There will certainly be a lot of positional juggling there.
All depends on if they can find stability with a stopgap center (probably Sharangovich).