Zero problem with the third pair. Have been pretty solid and not given up many goals this past stretch, and that's all you can ask.
These are 5th and 6th defenseman for this team, but well traveled vets who can and proven before that they fill a role. As such, they do need ice time and do need to play a certain amount of time per game and on a game to game basis to be/look comfortable.
Looks like the coaching staff has found the sweet spot as far as time on ice goes, and keeping them together over this stretch of games, as they have since Smid's absence, has stopped some of the clumsiness and rustiness seen before.
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