ChaosAgent
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Is Kovalchuk a Sid player though? The clear intent behind this move is to take guys that weren't seen as clicking with the big dogs and exchange them for those who would. And given just how much we've benefited from this hard intent to move more in line with Sully's philosophy and what suits Sid (and Geno, but he seems a bit more sorted for guys right now), I really struggle to argue with that as a philosophy. Maybe we're pursuing a faded dream in thinking Sheary is that guy, but we are at least following a plan. A guy like Kovalchuk?
One downside of this approach though is it feels like we risk having a very homogeneous and uncreative bottom 6.
I'm very content for our bottom 6 to just play their matchups to a draw. In fact, I'd be elated.
For what it's worth, I agree with @pixiesfanyo on Tanev. Teddy isn't half bad either. Hornqvist is a lot of things, but homogenous isn't one of them.
Though I can't help but wonder if Sheary-Sid-Horny will be the Crosby line. I am growing enamored with Zucker-Geno-Rust for this year. It seems like Rust is in the midst of deciding whether he wants to be a skill first guy or a grit-grind first guy with skill. I think it's a contributing factor to his poor form as of late. Having Zucker as a skill-first guy might help clarify Rust's role on Geno's line a lot (and make Geno's line a true L1).