Quoting: GMs
Again why Byron on the 4th ?
He’s 20X better than Cousins
because its about his speed /pace and allowing him to remain consistent
Byron's struggled and gotten injured more in the past 2 years then his entire career combined due to being overplayed.
Play Byron on 3rd and PK because that's when he's put up his best numbers
but MTL had him playing everywhere including PP in which he's a single digit offensive producer over his career .
Byron's value is in his checking game built on his speed and the 5'9 wingers become a fan favorite for it .
Putting him on ''4th line '' is Kotkanemi's line as they've gotten the least minutes all year long .
''4th line'' is our defensive backchecking unit .
Cousins game isnt defined by speed so giving him more even strength ice time to battle and create momentium makes sense .
as far as Cousins he has Chemistry with Domi and Byron does not .
its like Claude said '' you got to play with what you got so if Cousins has to play top 6 so be it ''
Domi nor Julien are happy with the Shaw trade
but even the Coach is throwing shade at Marc Bergavin now