Yeah, I don't understand why Schultz, or Ference for that matter, are getting so much criticism. They are at or near the top for GF/GA, SF/SA, CF/CA and TOI this year. Then Petry, Nikitin and Fayne look good by some metrics and less good by others. Marincin hasn't looked very good by any metric, so I find it odd that everyone wants him put in. He was fantastic last year, and maybe deserves a bit of rope based on that, but I think the current deployment of the D reflects what the numbers say very well.
More to your point, Schultz's numbers have improved a lot since last year. He actually is justifying his minutes right now (or a more pessimistic view is that he isn't but no one else is good enough to take them from him). Still a pretty small sample for everyone though, but hopefully he can maintain it.
