Micklebot
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- Apr 27, 2010
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Sabourin's role is to play 7 or 8 mins a night. Which prospect should be getting that job exactly? Better they get big minutes in the A, even guys like Parker Kelly.
To be fair, there is no rule that one player on each team shall be limited to 8 mins a night.
On average, there's 15 mins available for each forward. If you want one player to get more, it needs to come from another, but there is no reason why you can't have 4 lines that all get a reasonable amount of icetime.
Just as an example,
L1: 17:00 mins (2.5 on PP and 1.5 on PK)
L2: 16:00 mins (1.5 on PP and 1.5 on PK)
L3: 14:00 mins (.5 on PP and 1 on PK)
L4: 13:00 mins (.5 on PP and 1 on PP)
Playing players 8 mins a night typically comes from having players you don't trust and need to shelter, it's a result of having bad players on the roster, not a role you need to fill on a roster.