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Originally Posted by SeanCharles
Why is everyone so adverse to putting Backs at 4C and roling 4 lines?
The issue all season has been our 4th line and now we have the option to not play Rooney, a career AHLer or a winger in Pospisil there.
Teams that roll 4 lines basically have the disparity in ice time be made up for by special teams. Backs will be still be our top PK forward and get 5 on 5 mins.
Replacing Rooney and Duehr with Backlund and Klapka may be just what we need to truely roll 4 lines.
If we had a tonne of C prospects in the pipeline and/or Backs and Kadri weren't 35ish I wouldn't be as adamant about this. Zary was just starting to find his way as a C before injury.
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If they can find a way to play 5 on 5 hockey for 60 minutes it works! (tongue in cheek)
Otherwise there aren't enough minutes available to keep your best players fed, and the fourth line up to enough minutes.