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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
Except, I guess, if you are Milan Lucic.. who quite frankly is the least deserving of those minutes based off of his play over the past calendar year.
If the lineup can be changed to net a better result why wouldn't you do it? The second line as a whole has been the teams worst since being put together, and it consists of arguably our two most important forwards. Again, Sutter can cry to the media about the lack of a big goal from his top players - but when he actively attaches deadweight to them, maybe he should look into the mirror.
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I don't think it's that simple.
I think he looks at it as a formula
2nd Line without Lucic - 2nd Line with Lucic vs 4th line with Lucic - 4th line without Lucic
He seems to sink the 2nd line less than the combinations we've seen of the fourth line that becomes a complete black hole.
Overall that means less time in their own zone, and better metrics in games for the last 8 contests.