The Carolina Hurricanes were able to sweep the New York Rangers despite being without their best defenseman. Dougie Hamilton has now returned to practice, but what does that mean for the for the rest of the team and who sits out?
With everyone playing well in the qualifying round, Rod Brind’Amour is going to have a tough job determining who exits the lineup. There are two different ways the lineup could change. They could opt to shuffle every pairing or try to keep as many of the current pairings together.
No matter which way you look, Dougie will slide back into the first pairing with Jaccob Slavin, there’s just no way around it, but then what are the down stream effects?