Given his playstyle one would think Hooley Smith would be a respectable option for some presence in front of the net, right?
What to do with my PP units now that I have Mackay? Currently I've got this:
PP1: Denneny - F - Kane - D - Pilote
PP2: Krutov - Nighbor - Mackay - Pospíšil - D
Also, do you guys think Mackay can be on the 2nd PK unit?
Everyone's position seems reasonable.
I'm also wondering if Mackay could man the point on the 2nd PP. He played a few years at rover which would have given him some experience moving the puck from the back end.
Probably.
Also you could probably pick a 4th line center who is better offensively than both Nighbor ad MacKay on the first PP unit.
So, with my roster so far:
Maurice Richard
Milt Schmidt
Anatoli Firsov
Eric Lindros
Alexander Yakushev
Al MacInnis
Marcel Pronovost
Fern Flaman
Bill Durnan
Does the following set of captains look good?
C - Milt Schmidt
A - Maurice Richard
A - Fern Flaman
MacInnis and Lindros could probably have A’s as well, but Schmidt/Richard/Flaman is probably the best captaincy trio I would think, right?
Art Ross on the PK?
Did you find new evidence that he was really good defensively?
Patrik Elias --- Cyclone Taylor --- Charlie Conacher
Sweeney Schriner --- Norm Ullman --- Cecil Dillon
XXX--- XXX --- XXX
XXX --- XXX --- XXX
Ching Johnson --- Doug Harvey (A)
Ebbie Goodfellow (A) --- XXX
So unless I draft another captain worth anything
C - Goodfellow
A - Harvey
A - Elias
Thoughts?
Datsyuk might be worth considering getting an A, he is captain for Russia when he plays international hockey as well but not sure what he gives over your current people so I think it looks fair as it is.
There might be better options down the line once you complete your team.
Ya that's true, I have a ton of leadership already so we'll see. At this point im looking for talent and balance for my team more than leaders so we'll see how it shakes out.
At the ATD level, I would say leadership is a weakness for your team. Not one of your players would even be in the discussion to wear a letter on a lot of other teams.