Analyzing Blackhawks' surprising lines, pairings to open season
Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill has shuffled the team's top three forward lines ahead of Tuesday's season opener. The move follows a lack of production from previous combinations during training camp.
Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill pulled a surprise Monday — in the team's final practice before their season opener Tuesday — by mixing up the top three forward lines.It's a bold move, considering he deployed a different set of lines consistently throughout training camp."Ultimately, we hadn't gotten enough out of the three lines with the combinations we had used," Blashill said.He added he's not too concerned about the lack of practice time with these new lines, which were seemingly influenced…
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