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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
Fair enough. I absolutely understand the reasoning.
But could it actually be worse trying Kulak with Brodie, and Wideman with Engelland as third pairing?
Maybe it would have been worse, but certainly could have been tried, particularly given how it has played out instead.
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I'm assuming that GG likes having a right and left shooting defenseman on each pairing. So even though Brodie can play very well opposite his shot with a left handed Kulak. It would leave two righties on the bottom pairing with Widman and Engelland. Maybe in practice it was a disaster. Or maybe Widman or Engelland were not comfortable with playing the opposite side. Who knows, but something needs to be figured out.