Longer term, sure, but for the moment Horvat is still getting his feet wet in the NHL, hasn't been producing a whole lot early, but was surprisingly productive with Ronalds (for whatever reason) for a good stretch of last season. It wouldn't hurt to give them a shot at some point.
Yeah. At some point, i don't think it would hurt to maybe revisit that and see if the chemistry is still there.
First things first though, Kenins needs to get healthy. And he needs to get back to doing what he brought early in his NHL stint last year. Started to get away from that a bit later on, and didn't really show enough this year in camp either.
What will get Kenins an opportunity in the NHL again, is that heavy forechecking presence game he came out the shoot with in his call-up last year (along with defensive responsibility and a dash of scoring ability).
That's how he has to differentiate himself though. There are a smattering of young guys all trying to make their case for some minutes on the LW in addition to the established Vets. Baertschi and Shinkaruk set themselves apart with skill and points production. Gaunce has his no-frills defensive reliability as his calling card to set him a bit apart. For Kenins, he's not going to match the skill and creativity of the former duo, nor is he likely to be the more consistent/reliable defensive presence over Gaunce. But none of the others can really offer the same sort of heatseeking missile and bullish physical quality. If Kenins can get back to that, he'll earn himself another good look at some point in the long season...that's a desired trait for this team in the conference we're in especially.