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Should Dylan Samberg stay in the NHL?
Dylan Samberg Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports
On Dec. 13, both Dylan Samberg and Declan Chisholm played their first game in the National Hockey League. Twitter instantly fell in love with Samberg, honestly, I can’t blame the folks for giving him so much love. With that said, does Samberg deserve to continue playing games with the Winnipeg Jets when Brenden Dillon, Ville Heinola, Logan Stanley and Nathan Beaulieu are all healthy? In that matchup against the Detroit Red Wings, the rookie blueliner logged 17:52 minutes of ice-time while making his NHL debut. It was a perfect game for him to get his feet wet at the highest level of competition. Even better, he also secured his first career NHL point during the first period when Andrew Copp scored an absolute beauty from below the goal line. Among the many notable aspects of Samberg’s performance, in particular, he was phenomenal at moving the puck in his own zone. Interim coach Dave Lowry must have liked what he was seeing from the rookie, as 88.9 per cent of his zone starts came inside the defensive zone,

This article first appeared on Jetsnation and was syndicated with permission.

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