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Barry Trotz spoke with the media Sunday afternoon via conference call, before the team departed for Toronto. In his media session, he was asked about the current line combinations, and if there might be any changes coming for game 3.
Trotz: “Maybe we may tweak something.” Before Caps go to Toronto and Babcock controls matchups, Caps might have lineup changes.
— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) April 16, 2017
Toronto’s head coach Mike Babcock will now control the matchups for games 3 and 4, and Trotz may want to solidify any foreseen vulnerabilities the Caps may face.
Trotz would not elaborate on where lines may be “tweaked” (Forwards or Defense), but any changes would most likely occur on the top two lines, if anywhere at all.
I don’t actually expect any lineup changes. But if there were some, don’t think it’d be on D. Could see:
8-92-14
90-19-77— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) April 16, 2017
You can listen to Barry Trotz’ conference call right here:
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