That is where Matt Martin, Casey Cizikas and Cal Clutterbuck have made their domain, and it is where they will stay.
“I don’t think there’s a whole bunch of experimenting to do with that line,” Lambert said Friday. “I think we know what they bring.”
Even though the line’s play has started to wane in recent years, there has not been much consideration to breaking up the three, and the Identity Line still commands considerable respect from opposing players and coaches. Line combinations rarely stay intact for the better part of a season in the NHL, let alone a fourth line sticking together for the better part of eight seasons, under three different head coaches and two different general managers.
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