Quote (equable @ Jan 4 2017 11:10pm)
green is also injured, this must be the worst D in the league atm
It is. Having Ericsson & Kronwall in the lineup every night Is stupid, and sproul is benched in favor of those knuckleheads? So stupid.
And then on top of that Blashill pulls 3 names out of a hat for line combos instead of using whats proven to work...
Mantha - Z - Larkin
(Mantha has shown great chemistry with Z this year, Larkin had good chemistry with him last year, this should work well)
AA - Nielsen - Tatar
(Tatar and Nielsen had good chemistry in the WCOH, combined with a speedy winger this line should work.)
Vanek - Helm - Nyquist
(All three had insane chemistry at the beginning of the year, Helm could be replaced with AA/Larkin if necessary while Helm is hurt & Scechnikov could be called up to take AA/Larkin's spot on the 1st or 2nd line)
Shehan - Glending - Abdelkader
(Gritty chrcking line, Glending can win key faceoffs and provides speed, both abby & shehan can play the front of the net, with big bodies, and tbe hard on the puck.)
And defense
DeKeyser - Green
(Green provides the offense, DDK supplements that with a strong defensive game)
Jensen/Russo - Sproul
Oulette - Russo/Jensen
(Just have to test these out and see who works well together)