The Official 13-14 NHL Regular season thread

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

Nailed it.

I'm a Kunitz fan, but he was at his best as the 3rd wheel on a top 6 line - same as he was used in Anaheim. When he was in on the forecheck, blowing up Kimmo Timonen, he was at his best.

Not that his 30+ goals aren't welcome, but he's now Sid's sidekick. And he's not good enough, certainly in the playoffs, to create on his own.

Malkin-Neal had their best season together with Kunitz on their LW. Kunitz did the dirty work, puck retrieval. Malkin worked his magic, and Neal shot until his arms fell off.

Kunitz is great at what he does, and I still miss him in Anaheim. But his skillset is for a very narrow window role, really. Kinda like a dirty check line forward with more offensive zone sense than those guys usually have.

I think you have him pegged pretty good.