“This series will be decided by each team’s depth” is something that you hear said a lot around this time of the year, about many different series. Pretty much all of them, in fact. Despite the fact that the postseason is a time in which teams tend to shorten their benches and lean on their best players, teams that can roll four lines or three pairings without hesitation do seem to have a bit of an edge when the big games roll around.
At first glance, you’d think that if there was ever a series where “depth wins out” wouldn’t be the case, it could be the one set to begin in Pittsburgh tonight.