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Originally Posted by dissentowner
No, he really didn't, his line was used the most.
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His line was also the most
intact line. And Kane often got double-shifted, which says little about
which line he was on. Nor does power play usage say much about which line he was on.
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Originally Posted by transplant99
Im really curious how you define "2nd line".
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1st line = scoring line getting tough matchups, will have your best overall centre (Bergeron / Kopitar / Toews / Crosby)
2nd line = scoring line getting offensive usage and controlled matchups, will have your second best overall centre (Krejci / Carter / Anisimov / Malkin)
2nd lines on good teams still have first line forwards like Spezza and Toffoli. Just as 3rd lines on good teams still have second line forwards like Backlund and Bonino. And 4th lines on good teams still have 3rd line forwards like Kruger. That's
what makes them good teams. Tarasenko was a 70+ point second liner by usage. There's no shame in that fact.
In general Toews-Hossa has been the Hawks' scoring line that soaks up the tough matchups, while Kane has always been used strategically in a second line scoring role with scorers like Sharp and Panarin. Kane gets double-shifted onto the Toews line in pinch situations.