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But in the third, coach circled the wagons, moved lines back to their familiar slots, and it was night-night time once again.

It was actually good to see Burrows with the twins, because I was starting to think Willie had forgotten that’s a weapon he can use, something to revitalize both 14 and the Sedins.

So did he, because he was legit shocked when he had a shift with the Sedins in Henrik’s 1,000-point game.

But as soon as I starting believing this could be a possible go-to again, Ryan Miller was pulled, in came the extra attacker.

It was not Alex Burrows. It was Chaput. And the city lost its mind.

Given how many big goals Sutter has had and how the coach insists on keeping him on the power play, I would have guessed Sutter here with the twins.

I could have also seen Horvat. Mostly because he leads the team in, uh, goals and they needed two.

Turns out, neither was the option for Willie.

In typical Willie fashion, he seemed to be looking for two evenly split units to play with the goalie pulled, rather than loading up on one to try and get something on the board.

It actually seems like he was trying to roll two lines.

So he had Sedins-Eriksson-Chaput-Larsen-Tryamkin as one group.

On the other, he had Sutter-Horvat-Baertschi-Granlund-Edler-Stecher.

I don’t get any of it. Stecher and Edler have all the experience playing with the twins, and have their trust; why wouldn’t they be on the ice with the Sedins?

And if you are going to go this way, how can it be Chaput over Burrows?