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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
He's motivated the team well, and the defensive structure has been excellent given that they can't score many goals and have to win low scoring affairs to have any success.
I just don't trust his instincts around offense and employment of forwards.
He stumbled into the Huberdeau line that finally worked by what seems like chance, after 1 and 1/4 seasons of fumbling in the dark. And his line mixing when they've needed to conjure a goal late has been questionable.
Hopefully him and Conroy are on the same page and there isn't any dawdling or putting a grinder in Zary's spot instead of the guy that was called up for his abilities and skill set.
We'll see. He will need to be eased in, but he needs to get in here regardless.
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I don't disagree with your overall concern on Huska's forward deployment but really I don't think going with Pelletier-Sharangovich-Kuzmenko is "putting a grinder in Zary's spot"
The real concern will be that if Sharangovich looks really good at center tomorrow then it might be tough to get Kerins in the lineup.
But in terms of him not immediately playing it's not uncommon for a guy to get a couple practices before playing on their first call up, especially since he's never even played an NHL pre-season game before.