Yeah but where does he play at even strength? He doesn’t have a high enough IQ to play with Sid, Malkin’s not good enough to carry an absolute floater on offense anymore, and his skill set would be totally waisted playing the third line with a defensive center like Eller. I just don’t see it at all.
- Victoro311
Eller at least has a small pulse for offense, he had 15 goals and 16 apples last season only getting around 15 mins TOI. He's also pretty good defensively which helps with Laine's floaty shortcomings. Eller was a real dog for us last season, he came to battle every night. He surprised me. He's like a faster Bonino. Its kind of crazy how similar their career metrics and production are haha.
The real problem with my new HBK line joke is that Beauvillier is no Hagelin haha. Hagelin was excellent defensively for the Pens.
I do think Laine and Eller could work, though.