Well you can say that about any line. Leo, Z, Terry and Mac are all guys that want to control puck possession and be the straw that stirs the drink. The thing is Terry is the most reluctant to pass out of all of them. And I am just loathe to see Cutter and Leo get whatever potential chemistry they're building up get waylaid by Terry's hero puck tendencies.
It's just a common issue I have any time I contemplate next year's lines. Terry just has to figure out a way to play with his teammates better. He can't keep getting by trying to dangle his way between 3 to 5 guys without ending up a possession liability.
They all want puck control, but Leo, Z, and Mac are willing to pass the puck around. In Mac's first 20 games of the season, he scored 10 goals, but he was also to lift Vatrano and Strome's offense simultaneously. Z can pass and score. Leo is still trying to figure out how to play center on NA ice like a NA center, when he's a finesse guy like Z and Terry.
With Terry, his hero puck tendencies stems from the fact that he's the eldest of the youth core and feels compelled to carry the team like Getz after Getz retired. The problem is Terry isn't Getz and that Terry probably isn't the most talented guy from the youth core. Z passing up Terry in scoring last year helped to relax Terry some. It didn't help that the problem re-started itself when we got a new head coach and Terry, again, put everyone all on his shoulders.
Getz retired too early for Terry's sake. Maybe Terry getting demoted to the 3rd line in the last game sent a message to Terry, but I think it was a token message when it should have been sent earlier. I still believe in Terry, but it might take some time for him to finally get it. It took some time for Terry to finally become an NHL product, but, unfortunately, it came on Getz' last year in the league.
IMO, keep Terry with Z. Terry is most productive with Z and Terry can trust Z.
