Feels like taking Pasta off the shortlist for one slow starting season is pretty criminal. He's only 28 still and his "poor start" is PPG through 32 games on a team with zero offensive creation outside of him. Still tied for the NHL lead in goals over the last 3 years, cumulative (tied with AM), and over that period leads the next highest Bruin in scoring 255 to 158, which is pretty comical.
Pasta is at least still #2 or #2A/B with KK for me.