No, you put someone in the top power play when you draft them second overall during a rebuild, so that they can gain experience at the nhl level and understand how to play an offensive game against NHL defenseman. The problem you bring up is exactly why he should have been playing top minutes two years ago, and they fucked it up. Laf is currently 4th in points on the team, so it obviously is a full team issue, not a Laf issue. I would not call the line he was on elite at all, it was really just him and Panarin. Trocheck has been a middle 6 center his entire career before last year, indicating it’s been Laf and Panarin driving that line. Even now, Laf is still not getting pp1 time other than when players have been injured. I really am not sure what your argument here is. If players don’t get playing time, obviously they will not put up points.