The Burakovsky - Compher - Donskoi line was consistently dangerous last night, much more so than when Kadri has in the middle lately.
It's ironic because 95 & 72 were brought in to be the elusive second line wingers Colorado has been missing the last 2-3 seasons. And while they've produced like 2W's (for the most part), Kadri is quickly becoming the new Soderberg now that he's being flanked by Nieto and Calvert.
Kadri and Burakovsky make poor use of their linemates, and neither of them are talented enough to get away with on a consistent basis. This isn't a huge issue because i'd rather have players get the puck on net, but they still have poor chemistry together. The funny thing is I think Burakovsky - Soda - Donskoi line would have been a very good line with good chemistry. It kind of sucks that Soda was traded just as the team was getting over the hump, but at least Arizona is also a good team this year.
That was actually pretty poor asset management by Joe. If we had Soda we wouldn't have to worry about overpaying for a #3C at the deadline, and we could've rolled something like:
Landy - Mack - Rants
Nuke - Kadri - Donskoi
Burakovsky - Soda - Compher
Calvert - Bellemare - Jost