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Originally Posted by Bingo
The only thing that makes sense to me in light of how Colborne and Monahan are mainstays in the lineup are that they are developing a new core, and trying to rid the franchise of the recent sink of 60 foot players and they feel the risk of alienating young players is worth the pain to develop that foundation in no uncertain terms now.
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But looking at their deployment...
http://www.extraskater.com/players/deployment?team=cgy
... that doesn't make any sense either.
If Colborne and Monahan are all zone players then why is Hartley deploying them lopsidedly? If Backlund is being asked to get better in the front half then why doesn't he get more reps there? If the back half is where Baertschi needs to improve then why not give him more reps there? What Hartley says to the press is completely counter-intuitive to what he calls for on the ice.