Engelland comes in and does nothing but play hard and smart and then gets benched every few games to make sure Hartley has everyone on their toes and messes with team chemistry.
This game is a game of inches and plays. I'm a firm believer that one small play can change an entire game. Whether it be a Jooris forecheck or a Colborne turnover. A lot of people look at the small plays and think they don't matter or that a bottom 6 player isn't the difference between winning and losing but I think it definitely can be. There are only 12 forwards, why be automatically short handed with Colborne and Raymond in the lineup? They aren't adding anything that a Poirier or Jooris can't add.
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