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Originally Posted by Buff
Sutter gives more ice time to players who earn it. So why are we expecting Sutter to put out the top line more often? He rolled four lines because his top scorers weren't showing that they were going to change the game. Our top players need to be our top players and they haven't been.
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And Lucic, Lewis and Coleman earned it? Coleman was demoted to the 4th line because he was putrid all night. Granted the top line was great but also weren't terrible, but to get them back into form you decided to give them less ice time? Like another poster said, 5 players on the Oilers had more ice time then Johnny, he's been our best forward this entire playoffs, give the guy some rope, you saw what he did in game 7 OT. Even if you don't want to double shift the top guys, you got your 2nd and 3rd line that you can feasibly put out there. It just doesn't make any sense to throw that line out there that late in the game, considering they did nothing all game, with what was at stake.