I can't get mad about scratching a guy who has been getting consistent PP time all season and still produces crap offense. Yes, Radulov has also been bad, but that's not a great excuse.
I don't know how much of a difference it would make in the grand scheme of an individual game, but I'm not actually sure the Stars have iced their best 18 skaters at any point this season. I suppose this would heavily depend on who people thought the top 12F and 6D are, but I'm of the opinion that the best version of this very mediocre squad has not yet been iced at any point this season.
IMO, that includes a top 9 with all of Peterson, Gurianov and Damiani at forward, and Harley on defense. I'm not gonna bother looking it up, something tells me this has never happened. Even if all the players listed were in the lineup simultaneously, any of these guys playing 7-8 minutes a game does not count. You can be dissatisfied with Gurianov and still plainly see that that there's no one that he should be logically scratched for.
