NEW YORK — There’s a way to over think this, of course. There always is. Analytics departments will be asked to study it and churn out pie charts, graphs and every possible metric imaginable.
But when it comes to the science behind line chemistry in hockey — why three forwards work well together and why some trios don’t — the bottom line on lines is it need not be all that complicated.
What makes a line work? Over to you, Blake Wheeler...
"When the puck goes in the net," said the Jets winger, with a wide-ass grin.