Empoleon8771
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Why? Most of us wanted to see Rust on LW.
I really don't think Rust is a good LWer, I really don't want to see him on LW. His biggest attributes relate to his defensive game and he's much less effective defensively on his off-wing.
I actually don't mind those lines, though I'd swap Hornqvist and Simon for now since Horny seems to be clicking with Cullen and Sheahan.
Bottom six of:
Simon-Brassard-Rust
Sheahan-Cullen-Hornqvist
Hornqvist's minutes would be bumped by him playing top PP unit, Rust's minutes would be bumped by him playing PK, and Brassard's minutes would be bumped by him getting PK and 2nd PP unit minutes.
But again, do you actually see Sullivan doing that? My problem isn't with those lines (although I think you need better than Simon on the 3rd line), I just don't think there's any way that Sullivan would actually do that for any extended period of time. I think he'd sooner play Rust on LW than play Simon in the top-9 over either Rust or Hornqvist.
But at the same point, I also think Sullivan would try Andrighetto on Crosby's wing, so that applies to the guy I want to target too.
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