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Originally Posted by kehatch
I wouldn't bet my house on it, but I think if he makes the team he is paired with Weegar. He is the best mentor we have, and he has shown he is good enough to play with just about anyone.
I don't think you put a guy like Parekh on the third pair anymore then you put a top forward prospect on the fourth line. You can shelter him by minimizing the d zone starts against top lines, and managing his minutes based on play. But you want him playing with your top forwards and D, not your fourth liners.
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The 3rd pair and the 4th line are not the same thing, especially in a D group as thin as the Flames.
Before Andersson is traded, he is going to be able to take on ~24 minutes per night and we could re-deploy him against the other team's top lines but if the goal is for him to boost his stats and get traded then we should probably focus on deploying him on the attack with Kadri's line. Once Andersson is traded, that is a lot of minutes that need to be redistributed.
With and without Andersson, Weegar is going to have to play the big minutes. 24 per night against the other team's top lines... And Parekh is not going to be with him.
But then how do you distribute the rest of the minutes 120 D minutes in a game?
With Andersson:
Weegar = 24
Bahl = 21
Andersson = 24
Hanley/Kuznetsov = 18
Pachal/Bean = 16
Parekh/Bean = 17
(Yes, I think Kuznetsov is more physically ready to play bigger minutes than Parekh at this time)
Without Andersson:
Weegar = 24
Bahl = 21
Hanley/Kuznetsov = 19
Pachal= 19
Bean/Kuznetsov = 18
Parekh= 19
So even if Parekh is on the "third pair" and "second PP unit" you can see how the minutes may be equal to the second pair.