Excited to hear this from Gulutzan. I think it's madness not to have one of the best pure defenders in the league killing penalties in the playoffs.
I'm hoping Harley takes over PP1 and the Stars do more of a 70/30 split between the PP units instead of the 55/45 they've done the last few years. Heiskanen can make up some of those missing PP minutes on the PK to get reps in during the regular season.
Overall though I hope both he and Harley are rested a bit more during the regular season.
The stars PK was good in the regular season until it wasn't good in the late post season. Miro helps that. It also takes some of the pressure off of Esa to have to play most of the penalty kills the Stars end up dealing with.
Personally, I'd rather see Miro way less on the powerplay and let Harley take over that role.
In the same way McDavid was thrown onto the EDM PK last year- it would be great to see Miro closing out PKs this year to transition onto the offensive
Excited to hear this from Gulutzan. I think it's madness not to have one of the best pure defenders in the league killing penalties in the playoffs.
I'm hoping Harley takes over PP1 and the Stars do more of a 70/30 split between the PP units instead of the 55/45 they've done the last few years. Heiskanen can make up some of those missing PP minutes on the PK to get reps in during the regular season.
Overall though I hope both he and Harley are rested a bit more during the regular season.
The stars PK was good in the regular season until it wasn't good in the late post season. Miro helps that. It also takes some of the pressure off of Esa to have to play most of the penalty kills the Stars end up dealing with.
Personally, I'd rather see Miro way less on the powerplay and let Harley take over that role.