Rob Brown
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But, I mean, your fourth line doesn't play very much.
They didn't have Doc last game.
So your third line isn't a physical line.
Dawkins aren't physical players, so they're not going to hit.
Hyman looks compromised.
He's not the physical force that he was.
So there's really who outside of the Colton and Kapanen, who is going out there being physical?
Well, the thing is, they were dominant.
The last 10, 12 games of the season, when Doc came back from injury, Frederick and Doc were a force on the ice.
And we haven't seen that in the playoffs.
Part of it is they're not getting a lot of ice time.
They were playing third line to finish the season.
Now they're fourth line.
I think they're getting like seven minutes, eight minutes a night.
And the comb is good at getting out of the way.
So I don't know.
The Oilers do not have the makeup right now and with the compromise, Hyman, of being a physical team.
The Oilers' third line is not a physical line with Dickinson, Nugent, Hopkins, and Rostelevic.
That is not a physical line at all.
And the McDavid line is not a physical line if Hyman's not hitting.