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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Don't know if anyone heard Ward on the radio this morning but he was going on about how important it is to be able to roll all four lines and throw our fourth line out against the other teams' best. To make his point he talked about how were able to use Frolik-Janko-Reider last year to shut down MacKinnon and Eichel. So strange.
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on paper it's not that strange. Cup caliber teams usually have a 4th line that handles shutdown minutes. He's probably looking to the Marcus Kruger line in Chicago. The Matt Cullen line in Pittsburgh.
Ryan as a 4C in that role is a good fit.
The issue is...
when you don't have those guys, you can't just keep forcing guys like Nordstrom in the lineup thinking that he is that guy.
Now I will admit, Nordstrom was on the 2019 Bruins' 4th line in their run to the SCF so maybe I am just wrong about Nordstrom. But I just get the feeling that was a fluke year for the player.