Mike Sullivan Reveals The True Reasoning Behind Making Drastic Changes To The New York Rangers Lineups
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Head coach Mike Sullivan has just revealed the truth being making drastic changes to the New York Rangers lineups ahead of their upcoming game on Saturday night against the Seattle Kraken.
During the New York Rangers practice on Friday afternoon, many rink side reporters stated that head coach Mike Sullivan has decided to run the same exact lines that the Rangers finished with on Thursday night against the Edmonton Oilers.
#NYR lines at practice in Seattle:
Panarin-Miller-Zibanejad
Cuylle-Laba-Lafrenière
Sheary-Pärssinen-Raddysh
Edström-Carrick-Brodzinski
D pairs are rotating.
Panarin-Miller-Zibanejad
Cuylle-Laba-Lafrenière
Sheary-Pärssinen-Raddysh
Edström-Carrick-Brodzinski
D pairs are rotating.
The same lines that pulled through to secure a 4-3 overtime shutout while being down 3-1 entering the third period.
Mike Sullivan Explains Why He's Sticking With The Panarin-Miller-Zibanejad Line
Following the Rangers practice, Mike Sullivan meet with the media and revealed why he has decided to stick with these lines. Here's what he had to say:
Sullivan on the decision to stick with the line combos featuring Panarin-Miller-Zibanejad on the top line:
"We thought we'd practice with it again today and see where it goes. Obviously, the response we had in the third period may warrant giving it a chance. We haven't done it to this point for reasons. We're looking for a level of balance that we think is required to win. But sometimes how you envision lines to play out and how they actually play out in real terms are two different things. We think long and hard about this stuff. We're trying to put complementary skill sets together and line combinations that we think, 'Well, this should work just based on logic,' but it's not always the case, as we know. You don't actually know until you watch it."
"We thought we'd practice with it again today and see where it goes. Obviously, the response we had in the third period may warrant giving it a chance. We haven't done it to this point for reasons. We're looking for a level of balance that we think is required to win. But sometimes how you envision lines to play out and how they actually play out in real terms are two different things. We think long and hard about this stuff. We're trying to put complementary skill sets together and line combinations that we think, 'Well, this should work just based on logic,' but it's not always the case, as we know. You don't actually know until you watch it."
However, only time will tell if these lines will actually work. Thankfully we will get to see them in action on Saturday night as the Rangers face off against the Seattle Kraken at 10:00PM.
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