Ritchie isn't sound defensively... at all. He's been one of the Flames' most porous defensive players all year despite playing against poor competition. He, Pitlick, and Lewis have actually posted the Flames' worst defensive results all season long (despite the latter two presumably being brought in to play defensive roles).
A fourth line can be a scoring line. The Flames' fourth line in 2018–19 was one of their top offensive lines down the stretch. That line had two sub-6' guys on it and two recent Stockton Heat graduates.
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