At this point I have to concur on the Rooney confusion.
Maybe they don't want to have two guys trying to learn the position at the same time?
But the fourth line is getting completely filled in and Rooney is 2nd last for forwards in xGA60 while on the PK, so he's not a specialist either.
Now the last place player is Backlund, so really it's the top pair of PK. Maybe that position (more time / against the opposition's first unit) would hurt a replacement equally as much or more?
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