The New Jersey Devils have made some questionable lineup decisions this season (and the one before...and the one before that...), but the infuriating one that always seems to come back time and time again is the idea to go with 11 forwards and 7 defensemen. I understand that often it happens due to injuries, but is our forward pipeline really so thin that we don’t have anyone that could slot in for an injured forward?
We watched the strategy blow up in New Jersey’s face in Ottawa on Tuesday; while some of the blame can certainly be placed on the goaltenders, I would argue that maybe 1 out of the 7 defenders that we played looked good for an extended period of play at most.