Yeah I figured you were ballparking off the cuff. I just didn't want anybody getting the idea that these complementary types were going to be playing a bunch more ES minutes on account of being on the top pairing.
Any complementary guy in our top 4 is probably going to be getting about 17 minutes ES regardless of how the top 4 shakes out. I'd rather those minutes be played with someone who has top 4 experience instead of throwing them together on the 2nd pairing to figure things out on their own.
You think so? I disagree with that. The way our D is currently constructed, I see Maatta-Letang getting higher ES minutes than the next 2 pairs by a few minutes.
If I were MJ, I'd play Pouliot on top PP, somewhat shelter him at ES, and play the hell out of Letang at ES.
Let's assume Pens are on PP 6 min and PK 6 min a game (it's probably closer to 4-5 but just for simplicity sake).
That means 48 minutes a game is at ES. Of those 48 minutes, I'd probably go something like:
19min Maatta-Letang
15min Pouliot-Cole
14min Dumo-Lovejoy
I honestly don't care too much how you break out the bottom 2 pairings.
Of the 6min PP time:
3-4min Pouliot (only dman on top pairing)
2-3min Letang
1-2min Maatta
Of the 6min PK time:
3min Maatta and Letang
2min Cole-Lovejoy
1min Dumo-Cole
So total minutes would approximately be:
24-25min Letang
23-24min Maatta
18-19min Pouliot
18min Cole
15min Dumo
16min Lovejoy