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Originally Posted by NewFan
I think Kuzmenko and Sharangovich type players need a special roles to reach their potential. In other word, they will play better with certain types of players which they can use their strength. Unfortunately most coaches don't want or don't know how to use them properly. I think Huska is one of those coaches.
Kuzmenko - Kadri - Pospisil will be as good as or better than Huberdeau - Kadri - Pospisil now.
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Kuzmenko-Kadri-Pospisil was the line where Kuzmenko had most of his success at 5v5 last season, so we do have samples of both these lines we can look at:
Huberdeau-Kadri-Pospisil: 208 minutes, 62% xGF, 12 GF , 9 GA
Kuzmenko-Kadri-Pospisil: 232 minutes, 53% xGF, 11 GF, 11 GA
So the Huberdeau version has been better and it would be a bit foolish to break up Huberdeau and Kadri right now based on how well they've been playing but if things dry up again then I do think there is a world where:
Kuzmenko-Kadri-Pospisil
Coleman - Backlund- Coronato
Huberdeau - Zary - Sharangovich
Pelletier - Rooney - Lomberg
Is a lineup worth looking at.