Thoughts on Rossi and Zuccarello

I see in Russo's gamer that Hynes is not that impressed with Rossi's consistency the last few games, which resulted in his "demotion" to other lines during the last couple of games. While I can definitely see that Rossi has gone through some tougher stretches in the last 4 games, I also see the same thing from Zuccarello. I also have noticed Zuccarello extending his own shifts multiple times, leading to scoring chances against.

I've tried to keep an eye on Rossi the last few games and it seems like when he is on the top line, Zuccarello will forego a pass to Rossi in a good position to make a play or drive the net, for a low percentage feed to Kaprizov through traffic, and a significant number of those have been ending up in pretty rough turnovers, and some real momentum killers.

I'm not suggesting Zuccarello is washed up or anything, he clearly has plenty of skill and his scoring this year has been impressive, but it just seems like he frequently forces his passes to Kaprizov and lately it seems like he is shooting less. I'd really be interested to see Rossi center between Kaprizov and Boldy for a few games this year.