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Originally Posted by GioforPM
IIRC he said “we had 8 forwards carrying the mail” and was referring to the time before Toffoli was acquired. I’m also not sure if you can include Lucic in that list. He’s been mediocre for a fair bit lately (and I love Lucic). I’m guessing it was the top nine minus one.
Then again, Sutter is always cryptic. Was he talking scoring, suppression, effort or what?
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The question was about the 4th line giving the team energy (after the last game), and he said that you can't be a 2 and a half line team, eventually said 8 forwards.
So it very well could have been a shot at Dube in hindsight, though Dube has been demoted off that line for a week now. My interpretation was a shot at Monahan, as these are the 8 forwards that Sutter knows exactly what he gets every night IMO:
Gaudreau
Lindholm
Tkachuk
Backlund
Coleman
Mangiapane
Lucic
Toffoli