Speculation: Playoff Lineup

[ACC1224]

Which 20 do you see Keefe dressing for Game 1?

Assuming 12 - 6, I see.......

Forwards
Matthews Marner Tavares ROR
Nylander Jarnkrok Bunting Kerfoot
Acciari ZAR Kampf Lafferty

Defense
Brodie McCabe
Rielly Schenn
Giordano Holl

Samsonov
Woll

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[JT AM da real deal]

Which 20 do you see Keefe dressing for Game 1?

Assuming 12 - 6, I see.......

Forwards
Matthews Marner Tavares ROR
Nylander Jarnkrok Bunting Kerfoot
Acciari ZAR Kampf Lafferty

Defense
Brodie McCabe
Rielly Schenn
Giordano Holl

Samsonov
Woll

That's it .. nothing more to be said .. potentially Knies goes in for Bunting or Kerfoot but i doubt it .. potentially Lily goes in for Holl but I doubt it .. really only thing left is does Keefer go with 3 productive lines and an energy line .. or load top 2 lines .. given a couple summers back he said to everyone who would listen he wanted to have 3 productive lines vs Tampa i suspect he will do that

 

[Phion Keneuf]

3 lines of 4 forwards. Thinking outside the box, I like it.

 

[ACC1224]

3 lines of 4 forwards. Thinking outside the box, I like it.

I was just interested in the 20. I listed it that way so people wouldn't get hung up on lines.

I was particularly interested in those believing Knies would start, who they see being taken out.

 

[Ciao]

I think @ACC1224 nailed it.

There will probably be some injuries, and if series extend there could be some minor changes involving Liljegren, Knies and ??? along the way.

If it's a one-and-done again then it beats me what happens, because there might be some organizational desperation and panic as the writing appears on the wall. Would they double-down or shake things up? It's a hard question to answer.

 

[egd27]

I was just interested in the 20. I listed it that way so people wouldn't get hung up on lines.

Should have listed them

Acciari ZAR Kampf Lafferty
Jarnkrok Bunting Kerfoot Nylander
Matthews Marner Tavares ROR

to see the reaction you would get

 

[HamiltonNHL]

3 lines of 4 forwards. Thinking outside the box, I like it.

and six lines of 1D.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Knies -ROR-Nylander
Kerfoot-JT-Jarnkrok
ZAR-Kampf-Acciari
Lafferty

Reilly-Brodie
Gio-Liljegren
McCabe-Holl
Schenn

Sammy
Woll

Having Schenn and Holl play over Liljegren is statistically and eye-test wise purely unjustifiable. Schenn is tough and that’s about it.

 

[3blizzard4]

No room for Knies?

 

[ACC1224]

Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Knies -ROR-Nylander
Kerfoot-JT-Jarnkrok
ZAR-Kampf-Lafferty

Reilly-Brodie
Gio-Liljegren
McCabe-Holl
Schenn

Sammy
Woll

Interesting. You see Schenn and Acciari not dressing?

 

[Maplebeasts]

Interesting. You see Schenn and Acciari not dressing?

Whoops sub Acciari for Lafferty and make Lafferty the 13th F.

 

[Anthrax442]

Schenn gotta be in the main lineup vs Tampa

 

[Nineteen67]

Acciari plays, right? At least game one.

Schenn gotta be in the main lineup vs Tampa

Certainly against their thugs.

 

[Anthrax442]

Acciari plays, right? At least game one.


Certainly against their thugs.

I hate Corey Perry so much. Why didnt we sign him when given the chance?

 

[Nineteen67]

I suspect Matthews will occasionally double shift and play with Jankrok on a third line.

I hate Corey Perry so much. Why didnt we sign him when given the chance?

Je ne sais pas.

 

[mapleleafs34]

Which 20 do you see Keefe dressing for Game 1?

Assuming 12 - 6, I see.......

Forwards
Matthews Marner Tavares ROR
Nylander Jarnkrok Bunting Kerfoot
Acciari ZAR Kampf Lafferty

Defense
Brodie McCabe
Rielly Schenn
Giordano Holl

Samsonov
Woll

99.9% the likely Game 1 roster IMO assuming all players above are healthy. Start with this and then go from there.

 

[Notsince67]

Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Knies -ROR-Nylander
Kerfoot-JT-Jarnkrok
ZAR-Kampf-Acciari
Lafferty

Reilly-Brodie
Gio-Liljegren
McCabe-Holl
Schenn

Sammy
Woll

Having Schenn and Holl play over Liljegren is statistically and eye-test wise purely unjustifiable. Schenn is tough and that’s about it.

Liljegren will have trouble making space in the playoffs.
Have to say, I am even appreciating Holls added physicality lately.

 

[ULF_55]

Jarnkrock - Matthews - marner
Bunting - Tavares - Kerfoot
Knies - O'Reilly - Nylander
Acciri - Kampf - Lafferty
ZAR

Brodie McCabe
Rielly Holl
Giordano Schenn
Liljegren

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Jarnkrok Matthews Marner
Tavares ROR Nylander
Bunting Acciari Kerfoot
ZAR Kampf Lafferty

Extras Knies Simmonds

McCabe Brodie
Rielly Schenn
Gio Holl

Extras

Gus Liljegren

Not what I'd do but that's my guess on what Keefe does.

 

[Avilaj07]

Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Knies-O'Reilly-Nylander
Lafferty-Tavares-Jarnkrok
AstonReese-Kampf-Accari
Kerfoot

McCabe-Brodie
Rielly- Schenn
Giordano-Liljegren
Holl

Samsonov
Woll

 

[Maplebeasts]

Liljegren will have trouble making space in the playoffs.
Have to say, I am even appreciating Holls added physicality lately.

Holl and Schenn have been significantly worse defensemen this season outside of a stretch of like 5-6 games. Benching Liljegren would be a massive, massive error. Have we not learned from Lyubushkin?

 

[29Potvin]

My guess is we start game one with this and Knies comes out for ZAR/Lafferty or maybe Bunts if he does something dumb and the same for Lily. If Schenn or Holl make a mess of things he will switch in

Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Knies -ROR-Nylander
Kerfoot-JT-Jarnkrok
ZAR(Lafferty)-Kampf-Acciari

Reilly-Brodie
Gio-Schenn
McCabe-Holl
Lily

Sammy
Woll

 

[ACC1224]

Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Knies-O'Reilly-Nylander
Lafferty-Tavares-Jarnkrok
AstonReese-Kampf-Accari
Kerfoot

McCabe-Brodie
Rielly- Schenn
Giordano-Liljegren
Holl

Samsonov
Woll

Interesting.
From what we've seen thus far what makes you believe Keefe goes with that lineup?

 

[notbias]

I think ZAR and Liljegren sit.

Knies - Matthews - Marner
Kerfoot - ROR - Nylander
Bunting - Tavares - Jarnkrok
Lafferty - Kampf - Acciari

McCabe - Brodie
Gio - Holl
Rielly - Schenn

Samsanov
Woll

I change my mind every game basically, but I think this would be our ideal lineup.

 

[saltming]

Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Knies -ROR-Nylander
Kerfoot-JT-Jarnkrok
ZAR-Kampf-Acciari
Lafferty

Reilly-Brodie
Gio-Liljegren
McCabe-Holl
Schenn

Sammy
Woll

Having Schenn and Holl play over Liljegren is statistically and eye-test wise purely unjustifiable. Schenn is tough and that’s about it.

So what stat makes you think Schenn should come out?
Now take that stat and look at how the slot is clear when Schenn is on the ice or when attackers see him on the blue line and dump the puck or when he manhandled the toughest guy on the other team.

Schenn is a #7 defenseman but playoffs need a Schenn. We tried to get a Schenn the past few playoffs, but none of them earned the moniker human eraser