As I said, I think he's better suited to the 3rd line. That's no insult though, Carbonneau was a 3rd liner and he matched up against all the great opposing centers.
Dannault chipping in some decent numbers while shutting down opposition is great. KK and Domi will be the scoring lines and Danno can log the harder shut down minutes. I think our center woes are finally solved.
Why cant everyone view it like this?
Why does Danault get trashed on constantly for the situation he was put in... And he's doing reasonably well?
Only conclusion is people are brutally impatient, and legitimately think danault will take Kotkaniemis spot for the next 4 years, a la desharnais with galchenyuk
So people develop an agenda against Danault, who's done nothing but HELP this team, in a variety of ways. Where as with desharnais, Therrien clearly overvalued him, and DD actually HURT the team.
We'll deal with Poehling once he GETS here. But for now, there is no reason to believe Danault isnt a big part of this team for the foreseeable future.
And when the time comes, and it WILL. Kotkaniemi will be given top 6 center reigns, and Danault can GLADLY become the best 3rd line Center we've ever had