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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Nope, doesn’t matter who your Center is they need wings that can keep up for a shutdown line.
McDavid and Draisaitl like to play fast and attack on the rush. Having Lucic and his skating on that line is a liability in transition and it’s asking a lot of Backlund to overcome that.
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Shutdown has always been mainly on the C and the D pair if you are trying to match like that.
Lucic is not that bad defensively. The two big giveaways this year so far were huge all right, but I’d rather him than anyone on the 4th line.