Most fire departments have the ability to deploy 2½-inch handlines, and many have the big line as a preconnect to make a quick, large-flow attack on a significant fire to achieve a quick knockdown.

No one on the Anthony Mantha, Evgeni Malkin and Justin Brazeau line is 6-7, but they are 6-5, 6-5 and 6-6, respectively. They have been huge contributors, literally and figuratively, in the early part ...