Pierre McGuire
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He takes him out of shift here or there.
But there was a game or two in last series where his ice time took a little bit of a hit.
But he's always, obviously, on the first power play.
Most of the time, he's with Nick Suzuki.
So what does he do?
You know what?
Slavkovsky's battling.
He's fighting.
He's trying.
He's picking up the puck.
He's trying to be a difference maker.
He's entering the offensive zone with the puck.
He's trying to take it to the inside.
Yeah.
Everyone talks about balancing the second line, balancing the lines, and sometimes sending Slavkovsky down to play with Demidov.
What if you sent Caulfield down and you put Demidov up?
And no one thought this series was going to end at four either.
One of the things I'm thinking about as well is, and I'm not just thinking here punishment, I'm thinking of trying to create a matchup that could be more favorable as well.
Like, if you end up taking...
a guy like Cole or a guy like Demidov, and at one point you end up slotting him on a third line, for example.