Rather have him then a guy like Bains.
Big Zack is a good player, I feel he has more to give, he is physical as well and has decent hands for his size, There is more there.
Not to mention i feel he fits the Tochett system well.
Look at the last 5 games for him, hes playing like 7 min a night, what do they want from him?
His game against LA and the couple games after that.
He had wheels and would take the puck into the zone with speed and drive the net and create chances.
He did that for 3-4 games.
That's what they want. His ice time went down because he stopped doing that.
Recently though, He would get the puck at half speed and dump it and then circle around for a bit but be too late to hit anyone.
That's the difference from what they want from him vs what they've got from him the last 5 or so games
Not to say he's not a good 4th liner. It's just his play has slowed down, and he's the easiest roster move to make.
