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Originally Posted by Bingo
We're honestly not assuming that these lines work because it worked in an afternoon game against Ottawa are we?
I'm hopeful, and I agree with those that say you have to make the playoffs first, but that lifeless mess against Dallas in that playoff series.
See where it goes I guess.
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Well those lines worked in the two previous regular seasons and they worked against Winnipeg. Against Dallas they did not exist for most of the series because Tkachuk was out. The new lines never worked this season 5 on 5 and indeed this team would likely be below the Sens in the standings but for Markstrom and a very good power play in the first 12 games. Once those two things dried up the abysmal ability of these new lines was displayed for all to see. This team is still not an elite team with the old lines but it was a lottery contender with the new lines that were tried for 21 games this season.