I don't mind him being a pk'er. I think more of this teams top players should pk.
But a sullivan pker is different. Sullivan makes them turn into pkers for the whole game on the pk and not on it. McGroarty needs to be allowed to play his game not be forced into roles. Sullivan has a history of saying this and making it the most important aspect of their development, hindering others.
I think the theory here is that McGroarty killing penalties means that you won't have to have these shitty "only PKer" players in the lineup. You won't need to have these shitty Acciari/Nieto/ect guys in the lineup if your good guys can actually kill penalties.
I don't want to give Sullivan credit for that because who knows if that would actually be true, but the thought I have is that McGroarty (and Rust and O'Connor, for that matter) being regular PKers means that you won't need these shitty Nieto or Acciari guys in the lineup.
yeah sounds great until your number 1 prospect takes a slapper from Carlson in the ankle
Do you want your good players to be able to kill penalties, meaning you won't need to have these PK only players in the lineup, or have specific PKers in the lineup? Because those are really your two options.
I don't understand why people complain about Sullivan insisting on having these pure defensive grinders to kill penalties at the bottom of the lineup, but also then complain when he's trying to get McGroarty to add that skillset to his abilities. Like you need 6 PKing forwards in your forward group, who's going to do that?
This isn't defending Sullivan's lineup decisions, he's far too over-reliant on these shit tier players that only offer PKing and nothing else, but you do need 6 forwards who can kill penalties. Right now, they have O'Connor, Rust, Eller, Lizotte (when he's healthy) and Acciari as regular PKers, with Hayes and Beauvillier having a bit of experience from a few years ago. If you don't want Acciari in the lineup, you need to get someone else as a regular PKer there. Bunting, Rakell and Puljujarvi have no PKing experience and you sure as hell don't want Crosby or Malkin doing that.