We don’t have a bum 3rd line though. We have a 1OA, a 2OA, and a 21 year old 1st round pick center that Quinn was burying. Some of Kreider, Zib, Blackwell, Strome, Buch, and Panarins minutes should have been distributed more evenly to those kids, especially when Zibanejad was a dead man walking for half the season and when Kreider has his typical cold streaks. Blackwell never should’ve been getting more time than them.Agreed.
Quinn's biggest fan. But he HAD to be fired after the purge. Replacing him with gallant was a good move. With that said I can wager anything that the very same people here cheering over Quinn's corpse and pumping gallants tires will be posting and moaning about how gallant doesn't play his best players enough mins and gives too much time to bums who shouldn't be out there.
Be prepared...gallant spreads his time out and you're gonna see more 3td and 4th line minutes...that's not always a good thing.