I would think, depending on the location of the faceoff and set play you want to run off if it, there are definitely instances where handedness is important. I.e. in the circle to the left of your goalie, you may want a left shot to back hand the puck into corner vs a right shot who would back hand it towards the net.
Interesting that Bjork and Wagner get the axe - speaks to what the team expects of them over some others
Almost 60% at the faceoff dot, good for 8th best in the league out of all players with over 100 faceoffs taken this season.
there are several things I really like about this and arrangements like it. first, I like that it lacks Coyle, likely an anchor for years to come. from there, it promotes Frederic, who succeeds at fourth line center for sure, but may end up top-lining with Studnicka (and Pastrnak?) some fine day, so I think the left-wing promotion is fitting. I like bringing Senyshyn in, as it does seem to be time to promote him for a look, but I might do a kids line and a vets line in the middle two: RIT/KRE/SMI and FRE/STU/SEN, although I don't dislike them as quoted and those could help Krejci. I wouldn't dislike any further shuffling of right wings, but that DeBrusk and McKegg pair is spot on. I'd have used Lindholm were he still around, but so it goes. what's appreciated as crucial in Absurdity's opposite of such is the appropriate demotions. be they messages for motivation or strictly management toward winning games, it's what coach has struggled at (from an admitted couch vantage). I put that last game on coach as he seemed to be rewarding poor play to the detriment of the gameplan, and lineups like as suggested above make me hopeful. Coyle's a damned-expensive fourth-line center and DeBrusk must be a cap casualty one way, another, another, another, or another, before next season.
