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Originally Posted by SportsJunky
Penguins, on the other hand, had a defense all with similar TOI last night. The low was Cole at 18:21 and the high was Schultz at 20:07. This seems to me to be the best way to handle it. Spread out the minutes if you can so as not to wear down anyone too early.
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That's one way to look at it. The other way is the Penguins simply don't have any d-men comparable to Jones and Werenski. They were playing great (especially Werenski), so why not play them a lot?
I think the Jackets forecheck is going to take its toll on the small Penguins D. It's going to be a long series. In the newly-popular term - there are going to be a lot of "heavy shifts" in the Penguins zone.