The interesting thing about this team right now is that the coach is mixing up the forward lines from game to game, trying to find the right combinations going into the playoffs. There has developed at least a hint of a goalie question, and the coach is still trying to figure out how he is going to deal with that going forward.
But since the two D'men were acquired at the deadline, once Kempny was inserted as Carlson's usual partner, there has been NO tinkering on defense. It seems as if, for better or worse, the team is locked into a fixed rotation on the blue line, and will not deviate, except between the bottom two partnering with Orpik. It seems to me as if the organization feels it has absolutely no wiggle room on how to organize the defense -- it HAS to be the way it is. No other fit is possible. Which is probably as clear an indication that the blue line is the weakness on the team as there is. There is no flexibility, no adaptability there.
