Players don’t play exactly an amount of time. Kinda naive to suggest they do. Most teams top players play top minutes, it’s not too complicated. But i guess if it’s schmidt/hughes only on the powerplay that’s ok. I just like the idea of either guy being able transition fast and the other being able to skate into odd man breaks, and the transition game only happens 5v5.
- neem55
Naive? Not at all just rolling with your pairs & TOI you stated. Loading up is folly. When Rathbone is ready then I’ll maybe see it being a good idea til then I cannot go along with it.
I don’t want nor expect bottom 4 D to have nobody for skating the puck out of the zone. If you want Myers to take that on then live with it. It’s better imo to let Myers be more conservative unless behind.
Edler OJ & Benn will be easy to handle given your top pairing of Hughes/Schmidt. I do expect to see them together when down in the 3rd when TOI gets shortened for others.