Starting a 4th line is all about setting the tone for the game.
With how the 4th line has been playing for the Flames, the only tone they have been setting is: "The Flames are easy to play against!"
Sutter and Hartley started their 4th lines to let the opposing teams know that they are in for a world of hurt, don't try any funny business, and that this is going to be a war of attrition tonight.
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