Yeah… so… you can see how this experiment might work.
Claude Giroux on the left, Sean Couturier at center, Jakub Voracek on right — hey, if it looked the way it did in last night’s 5-1 exhibition victory over the Boston Bruins at the Wells Fargo Center, who wouldn’t like it?
The line, designed to both utilize the glut of centers on this team and free up Giroux’s playmaking skills, accounted for the team’s only even-strength goals in last night’s game, the next-to-last before the season begins for real Wednesday night in San Jose.
More importantly, the principals looked more in sync with each other than they had in Tuesday’s overtime victory here against the Rangers and most certainly more comfortable than during the maiden voyage in New York Monday night.