Sutter is seemingly playing everyone on the roster, whether 7th or 8th D or injury callup.
Nice to see that, especially if you get a call up.
Saying that, I think we have seen some questionable usage recently.
Against Ottawa, we had a reasonably balanced set of lines.
I still think the lines are a work in progress.
Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk
Mangiapane-Monahan-Dube
Coleman-Backlund-Duehr
Lucic-Lewis-Pitlick
I'm not really a fan of Richardson. He had a great play when he stopped the puck from dribbling in behind the goalie, but otherwise can be invisible. Not really doing much to spark Lucic or Lewis or Pitlick. We should either look at a depth C or call up one. Have a couple of choices in Stockton; Ruzicka or Gawdin. Ruzicka is looking too good to keep on the farm, and a call up wouldn't be the wrong thing to do to reward him. He's not going to do a lot of scoring on the 4th line, but I would like to see if he has defensive skills to go with the offense. Lord knows Richardson is doing little.