During his team’s run to the Stanley Cup back in 2015-16, then-Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan was asked a question about the play of his third line. At the time it consisted of Phil Kessel, Nick Bonino and Carl Hagelin to form the vaunted HBK line.
I don’t remember who asked the question, or what the exact question was, what round it came in, or even the full answer from Sullivan.
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All I remember from him was his somewhat sarcastic quip at the beginning of his answer that was simply: “Which line is the third line?”
There was an element of coach-speak to it, but the main point he was trying to get across was that he…
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