I wanna see it too. The limited time I see them playing 5v5 together they seem to have a certain chemistry that only high end skill players may have who are roughly the same size, handedness, etc.
Bertuzzi - Matthews - Domi
Knies - Nylander - Marner
Holmberg - Tavares - Jarnkrok
Dewar - Kampf - Reaves
Probably wouldn't ever happen in the regular season let alone playoffs, as Keefe is basically fighting for his job right now.
I'd also consider getting Robertson in there in place of Knies as Knies has been invisible offensively and his only impact so far is being a crash test dummy for the Bruins to trample over
yea, tbh I haven’t liked knies’s games that much. Sure he’s given a few hits and taken many more, but his piss poor defensive iq has already cost us once and will again. Plus his offence is not near Robertson’s right now.
Everytime I see Robertson do something, it’s off a point shot or he creates it himself, which is another reason I’d keep him in. Robertson is one of maybe 4 guys who can create their own offence on this team. The other 3 make 11 million…
On the other hand, it’s a complete waste to put nylander on the third line with the Cock and Holmberg. jarnkrok is lucky to put the puck in the back of the net twice in a run, and holmberg is so bland and vanilla. Neither guy will have any finish.
People bring up how nylander should dominate third line competition, but with those two you are making it a 3 v 5 when that line comes out.
he’s being put in a position to fail, it’s so extreme you’d think our coach wants him to fail. I can’t stress how useless offensively jarnkrok is in the playoffs, dude plays because he isn’t an idiot on his own end, that is all. Holmberg doesn’t bring enough in the ozone and cant make plays with nylander to keep up.