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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Maybe Kuz gets bumped, but I could actually see him fitting on a line well with Panarin.
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Kuzmenko has 23 points this year...13 on the PP.
5 on 5 he just doesn't provide enough and $4.6 mil for PP2 playing time isn't going to work. Panarin is Kuzmenko's replacement and he is significantly better at what they do.
They need a center. Helenius and Turcotte are both good depth, but they are both young. Byfield just hasn't stepped up and Kopitar is too old. They might trade Byfield, but that can wait until summer. They need another center. For cap reasons, Kuzmenko is odd man out.