The only concern I have with Little is when he’s playing with Laine and Ehlers. Any other combination seems to be fine, imo.
When Little plays with Perreault and Roslovic, they seem effective. When he played with Perreault and Ehlers, that may have been our most effective line, at times this year. When he plays with Perreault and Laine, that group was getting better and more productive too.
He just doesn’t seem to fit with Ehlers and Laine, for whatever reason, but PoMo had them together a lot to try to build chemistry. It didn’t happen and their offensive production was effected.
Now, moving forward a year or two, who should Little play with? Unless things change, I wouldn’t want to see Ehlers-Little-Laine reunited. Stastny with those two seems to work pretty well, but he might be a luxury we can’t fit under the cap.
Lots of decisions in the future.