Sutter was rolling the D pairs all season. In the Oilers series everything pretty much changed there with the Tanev injury. As such, both the Hanifin-Andersson and Zadorov-Gudbranson pairs were overused and ultimately exposed. This underscores how important Tanev was to this D corps, especially how much he carried Kylington. Even though Sutter was rolling these pairs, it doesn't mean it was a well-rounded group, since one injury threw everything in disarray.
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