Are we forgetting he had a pretty decent sample size with the two to start the season with mediocre results? It's why he was moved with Kadri and a good portion of the board wanted that to happen including myself.
Of course, he ended up producing even less.
They got 7 games in which the team went 5-2. Compare that to like 3 months of Huberdeau playing on his off wing with Kadri, and a month with Lucic.
And yeah, I was one of the folks at the time that wanted them broken up, as in keeping Huberdeau & Lindholm together and switching Toffoli with someone else. I still want that. But I'd take those three together for a longer stretch over any of Sutter's otherwise miserable combos.