By comparison, the Boston Bruins’ first line grouping, the so-called ‘Perfection Line’ of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak only has a cap hit of $19.6 million.
You might be wondering why exactly a fourth line group is earning so much money; simple fact is that it’s massively under-performing and would typically be seen as the Boston Bruins second line, comprising of David Krejci, Jake Debrusk and David Backes.
Recent play-off line usage has the grouping of Sean Kuraly, Noel Acciari and Joakim Nordstrom seeing the most ice-time together, at even-strength, across the past three games.