What's the deal with Andrei Kuzmenko (esp. this season)?

[ItWasJustified]

Complete refusal to shoot the puck this season. Which is one of two things that make him a worthwhile NHL player. Huska is fed up with him and I don't blame him, if he's not scoring he's worse than useless.

seems like a fun guy tho, kinda hope he sticks around NA but it won't be in Calgary

He's not a shooter though? He scored almost every Canucks goal his first season by picking up trash in front and around the net.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

To be fair I think the second part plays into the first. Pettersson was certainly doing all the heavy lifting that year but it also showed what he was capable of when he was on and playing with someone who could keep up with his creativity and IQ which he hasn’t really had otherwise since the lotto line was a thing, and even then Miller and Boeser are more straight line players at times.

Agreed that it shows that Petey needs a creative player to play off of, even a relatively 'low value' one.

Like, if Burakovsky made less money he'd be a great buy low candidate at his current trade value.

Sounds like a match made in Tim Stutzle heaven...

Yeah, that's actually a great example of a guy he would vibe with.

However, I know Ottawa is solid defensively this year and he would detract a bit from that. But if you can insulate him properly you could get him for cheap and he could go off with Stutzle and Stutzle could benefit offensively as well.