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Originally Posted by bubbsy
agreed.
Russel has shown he can be vulnerable against the boards on dump ins which can lead to opposition opportunities. Love Russel, but think he's better suited as a 3rd pairing guy who gets PP time.
when guys are healthy:
gio - brodie
wideman - smid
russel - butler/smith
sob
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I would be very comfortable with those pairings. With Butler and Russel both showing they can slot into the top-4 with injuries it would allow Hartley to spread the defensive minutes around a bit more. Having the bottom pairing only playing 8-10 minutes a game puts a huge workload on the other two pairings. There's no reason Wideman should be playing 27-30 minutes a game once everyone is healthy.