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Originally Posted by LickTheEnvelope
This will be a good series. Wolves are 3-0-0, Heat are 2-0-0.
Also the Wolves lineup has looked like this:
Sterling- Ebbett/Longpre- Haydar
Sweatt- Schroeder- Kassian
Rodin- Pinizzotto- Gordon
Desbiens- Mallet/Friesen- Miller
(Spares: Schneider, Matson, Friesen...)
Connauton- Tanev
Joslin- Mullen/Miskovic
Andersson- Matheson
(Spares: Hunt/Miskovic)
Lack/Climie
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I don't know about anyone else, but I see alot of toughness in that lineup with Kassian, Pinizzotto, and Desbiens. It'll be interesting to see how Ward does his matchups. Bouma and Aliu have traditionally been put up against the other team's scoring lines (Schultz's line for Peoria). So, do you put Bouma and Aliu against Longpre/Haydar/Sterling line or do you put them against the Kassian line to try and match Kassian's toughness?
Ward has made sure all of the Heat players are defensively capable, but some have a bit more defensive ability than others. Reinhart is also a guy that can be a (hate to say it) Kesler type two-way shut down centre against one of the scoring lines.
EDIT - LickTheEnvolope, I'm not too familiar with the Wolves' defense outside of Tanev and Connauton. How would you describe Chicago's defense? Shut down, simple defensive play like the Heat, or a bit more of an offensive flair/join the rush type?