My question to those who posit that Faulk has not been put in a position to succeed, how are the Blues going to do that? To be put in the optimal position to succeed, he needs to have a regular partner, preferably one who is responsible defensively. He should also be played on his natural side, so the right. He then needs to be given ample playing time. To accommodate Faulk's need for ice time, and to keep him on the right, either Pietrangelo or Parayko (or both) play less minutes, or one of the latter has to play on the left. Parayko has been shifted over lately and I think it has curtailed his effectiveness. Other posters have at least echoed my dissatisfaction of Parayko's play lately. To give Faulk a responsible partner, he has to paired with either Bouwmeester or Gunnarsson. (We all have witnessed what a shit-show a Dunn-Faulk pairing is!) If Faulk is paired with JBo, we then can't use the proven shut-down line of JBo-Parayko. On top of all this, we are in a competitive Conference with a lot of parity, and we are minus our top scorer. With that significant loss to our offence, we are going to have to rely even more on our defensive prowess to stay afloat in the standings, so we don't really have the luxury of putting up with defensive miscues while Faulk adjusts to our system. The more we try to shoe-horn Faulk into our game, the more we risk losing ground.