Rejoint: avr. 2017
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I believe Ras is a C. He's probably a 3rd line C in the NHL, playing on the top PP unit, and maybe some PK. He shouldn't come up yet. This is a lost year in DET, let the kids in GR have some success playing together (they should be one of the top AHL teams), build momentum, and graduate next year together. When Ras (and Veleno, Seider, and Zadina) come up next, they shouldn't go back down again (same with Cholo and Hronek who are already up). They should be playing together for a number of years, let them be successful together somewhere first (that's how you build culture).
Cholo and Hronek should be playing together regularly (and they have, it's the 4th most used line combo used by DET this season, Cholo has seen his most time with Hronek this season so far). I can understand the argument against though, as Cholo and Hronek have played a similar style in the past, though Hronek maturing late last year into this year has made him more of a complete Dman. Also, with Hronek's maturing game, he's playing significantly more than Cholo (almost 5 minutes more per game). It wouldn't shock me though, by the end of the season, that Cholo and Hronek are a team (and quite possibly a long term team).