Why are Kreider and Zibs only playing 12-13 minutes per night? Isn't your top line supposed to be out there.....a bit longer, like 18-20 minutes? If McDavid and Draisatl were only paying 12-13, there's be an extinction level event amongst the Oiler fan base.
Just take 5-6 minutes away from the third and fourth lines and redistribute it to the top line and that might......help?
Great question, wrong premise.
Mika/Ck are line 2, not line1 at this point.
As for taking away the 3/4 minutes.
They got 8-10 minutes at even strength. Thats about right.
You cant wear down 1/2. Especially since 1/2 play pp minutes.
If theres no PP/PK nor any need to line match the order of lines should look something like
1-2-3-1-2-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-1-2-4-1-2-3-4
This ends up with 1/2 at about 20 minutes each, and 3-4 at 10 minutes each.
Thats the correct distribution.
PP / PK changes that significantly.