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Originally Posted by Bingo
Yeah they took Lindholm down to just 8 minutes five on five in game one because he had to kill 6 minutes in penalties.
Guys on both teams have to be tapered.
I honestly think the venom should be on the powerplay, and not at the five on five game at all. They need to generate more five on five but they're not giving up much, and doing fine.
But that powerplay is a mess.
The other thing we've seen with the Bennett / Ryan swap is the fact that they need to upgrade that fourth line badly. If Derek Ryan is sitting at 27% CF% through two games you know the guys with him are weak.
I'd get Rinaldo off there for sure and see if that helps.
But Gaudreau and Lindholm are top four in most metrics five on five, the top line hasn't been the problem.
Noah Hanifin has been a pleasant surprise too.
Sometimes a team can't find the flow, pucks bounce and every one pushes too much. That's what I saw yesterday.
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I have found Hanifin somewhat lacking, I feel like he had gained confidence and was much more active in the play leading up to the shut down, but has looked like beginning of season hanifin again since coming back. Not impressed.