Jurco is in a tough spot. Would love to see him get going and maybe if he gained some confidence and got the ice time he could...it's just not really in the cards. We got a logjam at the wing even with injuries. Just don't see where he fits.
You can't play him over Nyquist/Tatar on lines 1/2. Richards/Sheahan/Larkin has been working well, so he's not going there.
That leaves Abby/Helm from the top 9.....I guess Jurco/Dats/Tatar makes a lot more sense than Jurco/Z/Nyquist... Honestly, it has some potential to work I suppose, but it would be a bit of a risk. That puts Helm on the 4th with Miller and Luke. Great 4th line.
This doesn't factor Pulks in though.
The reality is KH needs to start working the phones...we have a logjam of wingers and it isn't about to get any better. AA has shown he deserves a good look at this level, and he should get it next year. Mantha probably isn't far behind.
you got Nyquist/Pulks/Tatar/Jurco/Mantha/AA/Abby/Helm. who are all top 9 type wingers (Helm and AA probably the closest to 4th liners, but AA can do better than that and Helm isn't signing a 4th line type contract) I'm not counting Larkin cause he's eventually a center on this team, Richards is probably gone next year.
So that's 8 people for 6 spots...really more cause even if Larkin moves to center eventually then it will probably just push Z to the wing.
Helm is the ideal person to move cause his next contract will probably be Abby-like and we can't really afford to have two of those on this team. I just don't know where his value is and what things we can add to get a decent player who can actually contribute to our needs.