With Sandin or “Sandman” (per Mike Babcock) recording so little ice time, this begs the question of what the Toronto Maple leafs plan is for Sandin.
The third pairing should be recording more ice time to ease the load off the top 4, the rate the third pairing is currently paying is not sustainable in any manner.
To present a better perspective of how little minutes Sandin and the bottom pair is being used, using last season as a benchmark, of all of the defensemen to play at least 20 games, the lowest average ice time was 12 minutes per game.