Zack Kassian will get a chance to develop as a power forward during the lockout. Kassian will get plenty of playing time with the AHL Chicago Wolves. "Zack is moving really well and has been a force playing a power-forward role," Wolves coach Scott Arniel said Thursday. "The surprise to me is that I've really noticed his playmaking ability, and that's something I wasn't expecting. But getting thrown into the fire in Vancouver, he had a lot of pressure in being traded for a popular player who was playing well for the Canucks." Kassian didn't get off to the best of starts with Vancouver after he was traded for Cody Hodgson. Still, this will provide him with an opportunity to put that all behind him in a comparatively low pressure environment.