Duke Silver
Truce?
Would like to see:
Soshnikov-Matthews-Nylander
JVR-Kadri-Marner
Brown-Bozak-Komarov
Hyman-Smith-Martin
Griffith/Holland
Soshnikov-Matthews-Nylander
JVR-Kadri-Marner
Brown-Bozak-Komarov
Hyman-Smith-Martin
Griffith/Holland
Would like to see:
Soshnikov-Matthews-Nylander
JVR-Kadri-Marner
Brown-Bozak-Komarov
Hyman-Smith-Martin
Griffith/Holland
Martin - Hyman - Soshy
Think of the grit, speed and fore checking this would bring.
Would drive other teams nuts with constantly being fore checked, hit and then a touch of skill when you underestimate the 4th line.
soshnikov needs to be up higher in the lineup he was fantastic last night, if he can get smith and martin points imagine what he could do on a Kadri or Matthews line
After 40 minutes last night, I was calling for him to be one of the 3 stars. He quieted down in the 3rd, but the way he exploded back onto the scene in his first game of the season was so much fun to watch, and he seemed to have me on the edge of my seat every time he stepped on the ice during the first 2 periods.
Can't wait to see more from him.
.... Soshnikov as others have said, doesn't use his linemates a lot. He battles hard and likes the puck on his stick. That's why he's a little better used on the 4th line.. where he throws the pucks at the net, and take the puck hard to the net and lets his 4th line teammates plug away at loose pucks.
It will be interesting to see how long Hyman lasts on the Matthews Nylander line... he's a bit of a black hole in terms of shooting and passing, but he does win alot of offensive zone battles, and wins alot of races to the puck... and I saw yesterday, a couple times where he came and disturbed the puck carrier enough that Nylander just swooped in and grabbed the puck/Hyman tied up defender... and then Nylander made a play with it.
It's too bad that Hyman doesn't have a little more hockey sense... thing is, I don't know if their is another player in the league with the motor and work ethic of Hyman/who actually has noteable puck skills? Zuccarello maybe?
He looks really really good out there. Deserves top 6 minutes.
JVR - Matthews - Nylander
Soshnikov - Kadri - Marner
Komarov - Bozak - Brown
Martin - Smith - Hyman
Call up Kapanen and Leipsic when Bozak and JVR get traded
I like those lines quite a bit...:
He only played 6 sec after the 11:07 mark of the 3rd.
Yep, hard not to be quiet with that kind of ice time.
If Soshnokov doesn't use his team mates what does Hyman do? Soshnikov is just as ferocious on the forcheck and is pretty fast, maybe not as fast as Hyman. But then you also have Soshnikov with a very good shot. So you reason for not moving Sosh up doesn't make sense when you have Hyman skating around on the top line