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Originally Posted by blankall
Tough crowd. Johnny was back on pace for 100 points. It's also not the job of your first line to shut down the other team's first line. That's what Backlund is for.
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I don’t think he was talking about shutting them down - just outscoring them. But that said, if you play top line minutes you inevitably match up against the other top line, and the best top line players play a 200 foot game so they can’t be line matched easily.