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Colorado Avalanche, Distributing Offensive Talent

We all know head coach Patrick Roy loves to juggle his lines between and in games. This has led to some unorthodox lines as players jump from the fourth to first line and then back again. Recently, the Colorado Avalanche seemed to find success with a true first line of Gabriel LandeskogNathan MacKinnonMatt Duchene. However this was split up and the juggling continued, usually with two of those three on the same line.

But for the Montreal game the lineup was evenly distributed:

Mikhail Grigorenko – Matt Duchene – Jarome Iginla
Gabriel Landeskog – Carl SoderbergBlake Comeau
Alex Tanguay – Nathan MacKinnon – Jack Skille
Cody McLeodJohn MitchellAndreas Martinsen

You can probably put that lineup in any order, because in reality there is no first line (but there is definitely a fourth in correct place).