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Originally Posted by BigThief
Kuzmenko has eight power play goals in the last two years. He barely deserves to be in the lineup, much less power players time. An NHL team has never worked with a one dimensional "specialist".
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Gotta disagree here. Daniel Sprong springs to mind as a recent example of a guy who was almost exclusively a 4th line-PP1 guy in Seattle. Plenty of guys stay in the league as defensive specialists who can win important draws and/or kill penalties, even though they are basically bereft of offence. Heck, Calgary employs Kevin Rooney to be that guy as we speak (even though I personally don't think he's good enough at those facets of the game to necessarily warrant a spot, but the team lacks centers and I digress).