Line Combos: New lines?

[backhandsauce]

How do you want to see the lines now that the deadline has past. Let's assume Pouliot is done for the year and that Nuge and Klefbom are back.

Hall-Drai-Kassian
Maroon-McDavid-Eberle
Lander-Nuge-Yakupov
Hendricks-Cracknell-Letestu

Sekera-Fayne
Davidson-Kelfbom
Pardy-Nurse

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[Tazer19]

curious to see Maroon / Lander / Yak

Lander is big and fairly tough to play against down low. Maybe his offence gets a bump from getting the monkey off his back last night and playing with another big body who can work well off the cycle.

 

[PersuasiveSteve]

How do you want to see the lines now that the deadline has past. Let's assume Pouliot is done for the year and that Nuge and Klefbom are back.

Hall-Drai-Kassian
Maroon-McDavid-Eberle
Lander-Nuge-Yakupov
Hendricks-Cracknell-Letestu

Sekera-Fayne
Davidson-Kelfbom
Pardy-Nurse

I know you said Nuge and Klef back but the way I see it in the next month because they are not rumoured to back until near end of March.

Hall-Draisaitl-Kassian
Maroon/Yakupov-McDavid-Eberle
Yakupov/Maroon-Hendricks-Cracknell
Gazdic-Letestu-Lander

I can see Maroon moving up and down the line up thats why I have in switching with Yak.

 

[belair]

curious to see Maroon / Lander / Yak

Lander is big and fairly tough to play against down low. Maybe his offence gets a bump from getting the monkey off his back last night and playing with another big body who can work well off the cycle.

This is what I'm hoping to see, but with Pouliot out long-term it's pretty much guaranteed Maroon starts next to McDavid.

Hall - Draisaitl - Kassian
Maroon - McDavid - Eberle
Korpikoski - Lander - Yakupov
Hendricks - Letestu - Cracknell

 

[Tyrolean]

This is what I'm hoping to see, but with Pouliot out long-term it's pretty much guaranteed Maroon starts next to McDavid.

Hall - Draisaitl - Kassian
Maroon - McDavid - Eberle
Korpikoski - Lander - Yakupov
Hendricks - Letestu - Cracknell

Pakarinen should be in there somehow.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

There are a lot of combos. I'd like to see;

Hall-rnh-kassian
Maroon-mcdavid-yakupov
Lander-draisaitl-eberle
Hendricks-letestu-cracknell/pak
Gazdic

Klefbom-Davidson
Sekera-Fayne
Pardy-Clendening
Nikitin

Talbot/Broissoit

IR; gryba, pouliot

As soon as klef and nuge are back I'd try and scale back on drai and nurse. Nurse should go down to get ready for the playoff run in the next few weeks.

I'd rather see ebs moved off Conners line too for 5on5. His role should be to just feed lander pucks, tap in drai gifts and wait for pp time.

Unfortunately I feel like whoever gets stuck with ebs is just going to be chasing the puck around the ice until that one goal happens. He needs to cut that garbage.

 

[belair]

Pakarinen should be in there somehow.

13th FWD switches in and out with Cracknell.

 

[McDNicks17]

Hall - Drai - Kassian
Khaira - McDavid - Eberle
Maroon - Letestu - Yak
Korpi - Hendricks - Cracknell

Sekera - Fayne
Davidson - Oesterle
Nurse - Pardy

Talbot
LB

 

[ChaoticOrange]

curious to see Maroon / Lander / Yak

Lander is big and fairly tough to play against down low. Maybe his offence gets a bump from getting the monkey off his back last night and playing with another big body who can work well off the cycle.

Pouliot's likely done for the year.

I think we'll see when RNH/Klefbom back:

Hall-RNH-Drai
Kassian-McDavid-Eberle
Maroon-Lander-Yak
Hendricks-Letestu-Cracknell
Pakarinen/Korpse

Klefbom-Davidson
Sekera-Fayne
Nurse-Clendening/Pardy

I didn't see, did the Oilers keep Oesterle/Khaira down? Kind of a shame; O's a nice puckmover and I like Khaira's game. Bako needs them badly though.

 

[PersuasiveSteve]

Hall - Drai - Kassian
Khaira - McDavid - Eberle
Maroon - Letestu - Yak
Korpi - Hendricks - Cracknell

Sekera - Fayne
Davidson - Oesterle
Nurse - Pardy

Talbot
LB

Jujhar reassigned this morning. Think we'll see him again? I doubt it with the waiver pickup and Gazdic callup.

 

[MuzzaFuzza]

Its really too bad we haven't had the chance to see a fully healthy forward corps yet, i'd love to see them roll something like this for an extended period of time

Hall - Draisatl - Kassian
Maroon - RNH - Eberle
Pouliot - McDavid - Yakupov
Hendricks - Letestu - Cracknell/Pakarinen
Lander

Finally a forward group with some size in it

 

[t0nedeff]

This is what the D should be


Klefbom-Sekera
Davidson-Oesterle
Pardy-Fayne

Oesterle should stay up with his stellar play and Nurse should be assigned to the AHL to work on his offensive game.

 

[McDNicks17]

Jujhar reassigned this morning. Think we'll see him again? I doubt it with the waiver pickup and Gazdic callup.

I'm hoping it's just a paper transaction for the AHL playoffs.

I think he deserves more NHL games.

 

[Suxnet]

Hall - Drai - Kassian
Khaira - McDavid - Eberle
Maroon - Letestu - Yak
Korpi - Hendricks - Cracknell

Sekera - Fayne
Davidson - Oesterle
Nurse - Pardy

Talbot
LB

y u do dis

 

[djdub]

Its really too bad we haven't had the chance to see a fully healthy forward corps yet, i'd love to see them roll something like this for an extended period of time

Hall - Draisatl - Kassian
Maroon - RNH - Eberle
Pouliot - McDavid - Yakupov
Hendricks - Letestu - Cracknell/Pakarinen
Lander

Finally a forward group with some size in it

I love this lineup.

Damn i wish we were healthy....

 

[McDNicks17]

y u do dis

Is Lander or Hendricks any better?

 

[Suxnet]

Is Lander or Hendricks any better?

Yes. Their hands aren't 100% stone.

 

[Sweetpotato]

What it should be if everyone was healthy
Hall-RNH-Eberle
Kassian-McDavid-Yak
Pouliot-Draisaitl-Maroon
Lander-Hendricks-Crack

Klefbom-Sekera
Davidson-Oesterle
Pardy-Fayne

What it will be the rest of the season
Hall-Draisaitl-Maroon
Kassian-McDavid-Eberle
Korpo-Letestu-Yak
Lander-Hendricks-Crack

Nurse-Sekera
Davidson-Oesterle
Pardy-Fayne

 

[Jamie]

What I would like to see for now...

Hall-Drai-Yak
Kassian-McDavid-Eberle
Maroon-Lander-Korp
Hendricks-Letestu-Cracknell

HEALTHY:
Hall-Drai-Kassian
Pouliot-McDavid-Yakupov
Maroon-RNH-Eberle
Hendricks-Lander-Letestu/Korp/Crack
(and kinda forget we have a 4th line 90% of the time)

 

[VainGretzky]

I think Oilers will get a good month out of Cracknell he knows his NHL chances running out.

 

[McFlyingV]

Jujhar reassigned this morning. Think we'll see him again? I doubt it with the waiver pickup and Gazdic callup.

Probably not unless injuries occur. Let him help out the Condors and keep working on his offence and he could be ready for bottom 6 duty next year, which will further add to the growing size, physicality and toughness of this team.

 

[King1s]

Hall-Draisaitl-Kassian
Maroon-RNH-Eberle
Pouliot-McDavid-Yakupov
Hendricks-Letestu/Lander-Cracknell/Letestu/Lander

When healthy, that is.

Some size on every line.

 

[duul]

Maroon-McDavid-Yakupov
Hall-Draisaitl-Eberle

Need to see what Yakupov has in the last 18 games.

 

[harpoon]

We aren't going to see a healthy lineup anyway because even if RNH makes it back soon, Pouliot is now down, so no point dreaming about what it "should" be and so on.
What does the coach do with the bodies he has available tomorrow is what's important.
I agree with this idea. Except I'd switch Lander to third line center and move Letestu to fourth. Bump Hendricks back to the wing.

What it will be the rest of the season
Hall-Draisaitl-Maroon
Kassian-McDavid-Eberle
Korpo-Letestu-Yak
Lander-Hendricks-Crack

 

[thadd]

Hall-Draisaitl-Kassian
Maroon-RNH-Eberle
Pouliot-McDavid-Yakupov
Hendricks-Letestu/Lander-Cracknell/Letestu/Lander

When healthy, that is.

Some size on every line.

I'd go with this.
We all know that Hall and Drai will stick together for the rest of the season.
We also know that Hopkins will get the hard minutes when he gets back so we should give him the best wingers to play that role and I'd say that Ebs and Maroon are probably those guys.
Pouliot, McJesus and Yakupov produced in the past and I've got no reason to believe that it won't work.
That 4th line doesn't need lander. Hendricks-Letesnu-Cracknell... unless Lander starts scoring for real.