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Originally Posted by dino7c
Still if Zadorov is some massive hole like you are saying the team should do much worse results wise.
I don't see it, like I said I bet their 20 without him are better than their previous 20.
The pairing from last night also won't be the 3rd pairing until the end of the season.
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I think you could make an argument that by over playing their top four defensive to a dangerous level they may have some success for a short period of time.
But that won't change the fact that they are doing so in an unsustainable way that will eventually bite them in the ass.
It's like we make fun of the Oilers for wearing out their two best players.
Won't end well.
Zadorov was a good 5th defenseman. Nobody is calling him Larry Robinson or Nick Lidstrom. Why is that so hard to accept?
He's the best defenseman they had not in the top four, and now that he's gone that third pairing is dangerously poor.
I do hope Solovyov can up that duo a bit.