Also, the beauty of this being a game played with developing human NHL players and not robots, is that with their current trajectories players like Jankowski and Czarnik are likely to be better players in March and April than they were in October and November.
The playoffs can sometimes neuter perceived chemistry. Maybe the big line can't gain any traction, maybe the 3M line is innefective. Perhaps we see a lineup the likes of
Gaudreau-Monahan-Neal
Tkachuk-Lindholm-Czarnik
Bennett-Backlund-Frolik
Hathaway-Jankowski-Ryan
(Assuming no trades of course)
The playoffs are a different animal, and going by talent and name recognition, the above lineup weirdly looks like it has a ton of depth and options.
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