Gilligans Island
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Vlasic and Braun move and transition the puck. They start plenty of breakouts with their legs and passing. If anything they are both underrated on this board for what they do to start offense.
I think they're a fantastic pair.
I'd only consider breaking them up if we had a better alternative - a couple PMDs that warranted splitting them up. This is obviously not something we'd HAVE to do. I'm just intrigued by the notion of having 3 solid D pairs to throw out there - all of which can really move / carry the puck and are creative. Like the Preds have with Ellis, Ekholm and Josi. I think Vlasic is close to those but Braun is a step back in terms of puck moving, leading breakouts and creativity.