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element1286
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Figured we might as have one of these.
Predictions for playoffs lines, assuming Malkin is playing. Wildcards being Goc/Vitale and their health.
Kunitz - Crosby - Bennett
Jokinen - Malkin - Neal
Glass - Sutter - Stempniak
Adams - Gibbons - Kobesew
Orpik - Martin
Scuds - Letang
Maata - Niskanen
I don't see how you take Bennett off Sid's line, and I think the like Kobasew, I have a feeling he gets some playing time. Although I would pick Megna.
Bennett is basically a younger & more talented version of Dupuis. No way we take him off the Sidnitz line.
Bennett is basically a younger & more talented version of Dupuis. No way we take him off the Sidnitz line.
I've actually been really impressed with Bennett since he's come back. I think he has a pretty good chance to become a fixture in the top 6 of this team.
Ideally, my lines would be
Kunitz-Sid-Bennett
Jokinen-Geno-Neal
Glass-Sutter-Stemp
Megna-Goc/Vitale-Gibbons
This is what I believe would be the optimal use of our forward crop, but based on this season, Disco thinks differently. I suppose I'd be fine with Adams or Kobesew in there somewhere, but absolutely no Pyatt, still have no idea how he's on this team.
Yeah, those would be my lines too. I'm not fine with Adams but have accepted Dan's reality that he isn't coming out, ever. And Kobesew is just a hunch. Agreed on Pyatt, I'd play Engelland above him on the 4th.
Predictions for playoffs lines, assuming Malkin is playing. Wildcards being Goc/Vitale and their health.
Kunitz - Crosby - Bennett
Jokinen - Malkin - Neal
Glass - Sutter - Stempniak
Adams - Gibbons - Kobesew
Orpik - Martin
Scuds - Letang
Maata - Niskanen
I don't see how you take Bennett off Sid's line, and I think the like Kobasew, I have a feeling he gets some playing time. Although I would pick Megna.
Eh, Beau has 100x times the hands/poise with the puck Dupuis. Dupuis is more a mucker who gets goals because he works so hard, has a great shot, more quantity than quality, which is fine. Bennett is a pure top six forward with the whole skill set, hands, patience, speed, elusiveness.
Watch a 3-2 when executed by a bottom six guy, and a top six guy, that's really a good way to tell who sees the ice like a scorer, and who sees it like a grinder.
I think Bennet might have the quickest puckhandling hands on the team. They're in constant rapid motion. He's tough to strip of the puck as a result. Honestly, sans Malkin, he might be our best pure puck-possession player.
I think the penguins beat the blue jackets in six games. Then I think you guys can handle the flyers or rangers. I think the only team thats stops you guys to the cup is boston! I know as a tampa fan I'm hoping we get by montreal and the redwings upset boston! I have no doubt tampa can handle the redwings! but getting by montreal and price is going to be hard.