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By Sully keeping POJ up with Letang, I think it is pretty obvious what the plan is. When Dumo is healthy POJ comes out and Dumo is back in with Letang, the rest stays the same. If Riikola is good to go, then he may get a game or 2 next to Letang, but it's likely only until Dumo is back. The bigger question is, what do they plan to do with Friedman? If Friedman was a LD, I could see Sully potentially trying Riikola on the 4th line again (still could if Dumo is back soon). Matheson would be great as a forward, but the team is too invested in him as the #4D. If Ceci wasn't playing great, than Friedman could work there, but from the last few games it looks like Sully likes his pairings. Friedman has to stay at the NHL level, but unless one of the top 3 RD's gets hurt, he won't be seeing much, if any game time.