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Originally Posted by gvitaly
The first is that some the D that are currently destined for the 3rd pairing have more to give. A lot of our D are relatively young, and Kylington in particular looks like he can take another step. Playing on the 3rd pairing might limit that development. The same can be argued for Mackey who in my opinion was one of the better D in the AHL last year. That way we still end up with an upgraded D even if we move a one of our top 4 D-man.
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The one thing about Sutter's system is that he mostly runs his d-pairings at pretty even usage at 5 on 5. So 3rd pairing isn't really getting less use.