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In the meantime, feel free to join our Discord ServerI like his movement on the PP. He opens up the play for everyone and has made wise choices. He far more proficient than Stamkos in that way. Whether or not the PP clicks is not his problem though. Kucherov needs to f***ing shoot. Yes the dude is a wizard and like 1/10 the power of Gretkzy but even The Great One took a slap shot on a regular basis5 games in, 1G 0A. Pretty underwhelming stats. Have only been able to watch 1 game since he got traded here, and he seemed to be playing very good.
But what's the outlook on him, 5 games in?
Pretty surprised he's being put on the 3rd line instead of the 2nd.
Hoping he can find the scoresheet more (although it's been pretty usual for players gotten at the deadline not to find their scoring touch early on... Only one that found it was Duclair, only to lay an egg come playoff time lol)
Guys struggle early and often whenever they come to the Lightning and I'm not particularly surprisedShock of being deployed differently and in a new system, it's what a lot of us feared would happen. Hopefully he shakes this off in time for the postseason.
He's had some good looks on the PP but hasn't been allowed to play with skill players otherwise. Hard to get points like that.
You've called our trade acquisitions two years in a row - I remember you mentioned Duclair a lot last year before we got him.I thought he was the clear option to solidify the top 6 RW spot, and still do. It's been 6 games, and I think as he becomes more familiar with the system and his new team, he'll get more of a chance in that role.
I REALLY like that lineup….Getting diminishing returns on the 1st line right now and Hagel-Cirelli has gotten stale. Hagel needs to move back to the 1st line because he bumps their possession numbers up significantly, Guentzel is a strong enough talent where he can score goals on his own accord and it's not like Kucherov is bumping his numbers up by any significance.
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