Budsfan
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It will have been 3 weeks since the Leafs last win in regulation (or even OT for that matter) on Thursday. Yeah they had 5 days off, too, but it's felt like an eternity since then.
Tough to watch right now.
How long before the Kadri line is dismantled?
Leafs need some offense from Kadri and Marleau, otherwise that's going to be one horrible signing.
Dismantling the Kadri line would mean demoting players and changing up other lines, something Babcock has refused to do despite plenty of signs that it isn't/wasn't working.
Marleau with Matthews and Nylander? Haha nope. Try out Marner with Matthews for more than a couple shifts? Wow... don't question Babgod. Komarov on the fourth line? How about 20 minutes instead?
van Riemsdyk-Kadri-Brown?
Honestly, how much worse could any combination be?
Could work. I'd prefer Marner since he would add a skating element to the line.
Marleau - Matthews - Nylander
JVR - Kadri - Marner
Leivo - Bozak - Brown
Komarov - Gauthier - Hyman
Martin
Try it out a game or two. Give Martin a breather.
Man that would make me so excited to see. Only thing for personal preference is Kap over Leivo but regardless, would love to see this.
Could work. I'd prefer Marner since he would add a skating element to the line.
Marleau - Matthews - Nylander
JVR - Kadri - Marner
Leivo - Bozak - Brown
Komarov - Gauthier - Hyman
Martin
Try it out a game or two. Give Martin a breather.
What line are you putting out as our shutdown line?
The last one?
I'm more in line with the idea that it's ok to score goals.
Those last two lines are going to get shelled. Teams will use their top shutdown guys on Matthews line. So we better hope Kadri can handle the defensive duties for that entire line.
Really the only change needed is swapping Komarov and Brown. However swapping Marleau and JVR could work as well. Ideally Martin would begin to rotate with Leivo, though I’d rather Kapanen in that spot, so I’d look at trading Moore or Leivo (waiving Moore an option as well). I’d also consider making Komarov the 4C. Kadri line still runs as the ‘shutdown line’ and you keep the balence Babcock likes
JVR-Kadri-Brown
Hyman-Matthews-Nylander
Marleau-Bozak-Marner
Martin/Kappy-Gauthier-Komarov
Rielly-Hainsey
Gardiner-Dermott
Borgman-Carrick
The lines are getting shelled all ready outside of the Mattews line on most nights.
When I'm looking at our best line and one of them hardly has any even strength points and consistently misses offensive plays, you want to change that up.
And who is that?
Hyman?
Can you imagine someone that can forecheck but also *gasp* show some form of skill?
The player with the 4th most 5v5 points on the team? And the 2nd most 5v5 primary points on the team?
Yup, clearly an issue offensively at 5v5
What line are you putting out as our shutdown line?