"Sean Couturier didn't make our team last year because he can put up numbers," Laperriere said. "He was so responsible defensively that we couldn't send him down. Laughton did the same thing. If you want to play in the top six, you need to put up numbers every single night. If you look around this room, I don't know where Nick Cousins would play. I don't see him beating anyone in the top six right now.