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Originally Posted by zukes
I've been thinking that too. Ferland can give what he's been giving on the 4th line, let's see if Baertschi can get some offense going with some more skilled players. I give Baertschi props though, playing in the 4th line has forced him to play a full 200 foot game, which was Burke's biggest complaint about him.
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I think, though, that the success of Jooris moving up to the 2nd line shows the value of a muscle player in the line mix. Ferland arguably has more offence than Jooris and should help Granlund and Byron in that regard. He's fast as well, so he can keep up.