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Originally Posted by jesters91
Usually a 3rd line is a line that fore-checks, is physical and can shutdown the other teams top lines. It's a bonus if/when they can chip in offensively.
On paper the potential for the latter is there with Baertschi, Backlund and Stempniak but what about the rest??
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Third line has turned away from the usual, though typically it still has some grit