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Originally Posted by Bingo
Certainly a solid argument for Sutter leaning on balance too much ... every player played 11+ minutes of five on five last night.
But Lewis, Lucic and Duehr were all towards the bottom of the list when it came to time on the ice last night. Maybe as trios they were together more than the other trios?
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I imagine they don't get split up as much since Lucic/Duehr don't play PP or PK...although Sutter has been putting that line out with the last 10-20 seconds of PP's recently if there is a stoppage.
I think it's a problem that he can't find more ice time for his players who contribute positively, even if they don't score (i.e momentum).
The 4th line may get off the ice without being scored on, but if they just chip the puck out of their end, rush to the bench and then the next shift is rushing back out and immediately on their heels it doesn't contribute to success.