Silfverberg has been playing huge minutes without Getzlaf in the lineup. He's been playing 20+ minutes in three of the games, including 23+ minutes twice. .
If I actually thought that RC was doing that to save the minutes on Silfverberg than maybe I'd think that way, but I don't think that has anything to do with it. I think he just thinks Shaw is some awesome penalty killer. Getzlaf was coming off an injury and Carlyle played the shit out of him. He got more PK time than anyone other than Wagner. Silfverberg's ice time is a good point, but like I said, I don't think that's the reason for Shaw's PK time.
Vermette played 20.35 against Buffalo. No need to play them anymore at this moment. I'm happy with RC using Shaw and Grant minutes on the PK right now. .
Why are you cherry picking one game to make a point? Vermette is averaging 14 minutes a game. I'm not aware of him leaving a game early so unless I'm mistaken, he's averaging 14 minutes a game. Despite his struggles, I think he's a much better penalty killer than Shaw. No reason he should be averaging approximately half the amount of PK time as Shaw.
And our PK is currently ranked tied for 7th in the league, so it's a complete non issue.
I never said our PK was an issue.
Tied for 7th at 82.8% is very good especially considering all our injuries. How anyone can complain about our PK with all our injuries I just can't understand.
Who is complaining about the PK?