DENVER -- Dominik Kahun seemed, on some levels, to be an unlikely candidate to move into a top-six role.
After all, he had gone nearly three games without a point and had scored all of one goal in 10-plus games.
That's not exactly the kind of production that was going get him a prominent place in conversations about Art Ross or Rocket Richard Trophy candidates.
Nonetheless, when Mike Sullivan decided to pull Alex Galchenyuk from the left side of his No. 1 line after two periods in Montreal last Saturday, Kahun was the guy he picked to work alongside Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust.