It’s not always so black and white. The choice they made was to sit Smith. So then who is second pair?
Skjei/ADA?
Staal/Skjei?
Skjei/Holden?
There are issues with both all three.
Skjei/Shattenkirk is a pretty safe pairing, and keeps ADA, Holden, Kampfer to third pairing minutes. It might just be as simple as that, and not a demotion.
KZB had one good attack, but pure garbage besides thatHow have we looked? I’m gonna miss the first two periods tonight
tentative. not sharp again but probably playing back on their heels to prevent any kind of pond hockey like last two games.How have we looked? I’m gonna miss the first two periods tonight