[Sylvanfan]

Kuzmenko noted that he doesn't skate in the offseason as much as other players do and that he takes more time off. This is essentially 3 consecutive years where he started slow and finished well, and it's been a sizable chasm in these last two. My theory is that he may need to re-evaluate how he does his offseason training as as he doesn't seem to be up to NHL speed until the last 30 games of the season.

When he was on the Flames...I said down low around the net, he's a lot like Matthew Tkachuck with his hands and smarts and could take advantage of that on the Power play. At Even strength, he isn't as effective in getting there consistently. Hopefully he's got at least three more games left in him where he's one of the candidates for star of the game. But I won't be stunned if he signs a decent contract and starts slow again next year.