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You are Michel Therrien: Making sense of the head coach's lineup decisions

You're well over .500 — by fifteen wins — and for the first time all season, you're facing adversity. Your best right winger (Brendan Gallagher) is out for weeks. The right winger you thought should be a lock on your second line (Alexander Semin) is out, too. Your third line has fallen into a lull.

Luckily, you've called up a player (Sven Andrighetto) who has slotted into that second-line space seamlessly, and has been faring well.

You decide to take one of your best scorers (Dale Weise) and put him in the right-wing spot on the first line.