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There was a time, about a year ago when game day threads were full of pissing and moaning about Brian Gionta. Why is he playing with Jack? He should be on the fourth line. He's lost his hands. His feet. He's done. Then he got moved on to a line with Foligno and Larsson. And Larsson, an until-then disappointing centrepiece to the Jason Pominville trade started to look like an NHL hockey player. And Foligno the poster child for inconsistency reeled off a 40 game stretch of good hockey that he carried into this fall. Then Larsson got hurt and Bylsma juggled the lines matching Gionta with Girgensons and Kane. And Girgensons, a lost soul in his first year and a half under Bylsma starting looking the player he was under Ted Nolan, playing hard, plus hockey at about a 40-point pace. And the much-reviled Kane turned into one of the best 5-on-5 goal scorers in the NHL, producing at a 60-point pace and actually passing the puck. Foligno, meanwhile, got shuffled over to a line with whiz kid Eichel, where he has promptly withered and died. Gionta is on track for 15-20 goals and 40 points this season. He is the 32nd-highest-scoring RW in the NHL, 26th at even strength. He is also a free agent this summer. What should Murray do with him?