Lucic, Richardson and Lewis have been the most commonly used 4th line. All four are on 20 point pace or better. That should be considered very good production from a 4th line. Lucic does get PP time though.
The issue has been the 3rd line or the Monahan line. Sutter keeps messing with the lines to get players going but Monahan, Backlund, Dube and Coleman are overall are not contributing enough offensively. IMO Backlund and Coleman are playing high end hockey and creating chances so I'm sure they will chip in soon.
Dube and Monahan probably are the biggest anchors on this team right now when you factor in expectations and contracts. Hopefully they get going.
Right now whatever line Lucic is on seems to get a boost. I think in time Monahan and Dube will find their games as well but it's nice to see Lucic playing so well.
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