Im sure there's a number of reasons for the lineup switcheroo, but my guess was to get Mangiapane going a bit (crazy to say, I know)
For a guy his size Mangiapane is really good around the net, he gets a lot of his goals off rebounds and garbage traffic. The 4th line has been one of the only lines to sustain some crashing the net type of traffic, bur they have zero finish. I think its more of a move to get their 35 goal second liner going.
Who knows what Ritchie will do on the second line.
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