Line Combos: Predict combos with roster we have

[haveandare]

Nash - Brass - Zuccs
Kreider - Stepan - Fast
Etem - Hayes - Miller
Stoll - Moore - Lindberg
Stalberg

I really liked what I saw from Fast and Kreider together last year.

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

Nash - Brass - Zuccs
Kreider - Stepan - Fast
Etem - Hayes - Miller
Stoll - Moore - Lindberg
Stalberg

I really liked what I saw from Fast and Kreider together last year.

I like this line up but I'd swap the bergs.

 

[haveandare]

I like this line up but I'd swap the bergs.

Maybe. I don't want Lindberg up here just sitting regularly though. He needs minutes to develop. Stalberg has had that luxury and still hasn't really carved out a niche. If Lindberg lends an equal amount to the team (if), I'd rather he get minutes and get a chance to grow.

 

[Brooklyn Ranger]

Not a lot of people have Stalberg making this roster. But for some reason I can see him playing regularly

Stalberg's value on the roster at this point is completely unknown. Is he the player he was with Chicago or the player who see-sawed in and out of the lineup (and down to the AHL) the last couple of years?

And not unreasonably, many posters here would rather see home-grown players like Fast and Miller get every chance to prove that their play in the latter half of last season will continue--and give Lindberg and Etem a chance--rather than assuming Stalberg will be in the lineup.

 

[mti79]

Nash - Brass - Zuccs
Kreider - Stepan - Fast
Etem - Hayes - Miller
Stoll - Moore - Lindberg
Stalberg

I really liked what I saw from Fast and Kreider together last year.

I like this. Thought Kreider-Stepan-Fast looked great together and I'd like to see them get a chance to continue their play. Moore, Hayes and Miller should have spots. Let them all show what they can do in preseason and best men win the jobs.

 

[haveandare]

I like this. Thought Kreider-Stepan-Fast looked great together and I'd like to see them get a chance to continue their play. Moore, Hayes and Miller should have spots. Let them all show what they can do in preseason and best men win the jobs.

Pretty much. Fast isn't someone I'd call a top 6 winger yet, but he can play that role with those two guys as evidenced last year in the playoffs. I'd really like Etem to grab that 3LW spot, but he'll have to earn it.

 

[Mikos87]

Pretty much. Fast isn't someone I'd call a top 6 winger yet, but he can play that role with those two guys as evidenced last year in the playoffs. I'd really like Etem to grab that 3LW spot, but he'll have to earn it.

A lot of ANA people are saying he's much better on the RW, which if the reports of him playing with blinders on is true, then it makes better sense for him to play and shoot off of his RW.

Problem is the Rangers have several players that would make better RW's than Etem: Nash, Zucc, Hayes, Miller, Fast.

 

[haveandare]

A lot of ANA people are saying he's much better on the RW, which if the reports of him playing with blinders on is true, then it makes better sense for him to play and shoot off of his RW.

Problem is the Rangers have several players that would make better RW's than Etem: Nash, Zucc, Hayes, Miller, Fast.

Hmmmm that's a doozy. Nash will probably be LW and Hayes C at least but that's still too many guys for too few spots. Someone will have to play on the left.

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

PK Lines #1:

Dom - Fast
McDonagh - Girardi(ugh, we kind of have to put him there....Klein isn't much better of a shot suppressor.)

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Girardi is a fantastic penalty killer. Just ask the advanced stat posters you steal all of your opinions from

 

[CupWindow]

Zuccarello-Brassard-Nash
Kreider-Stepan-Hayes
Etem-Stoll-Miller
Glass-Moore-Fast

Replace Glass with Stalberg and this is great (if Stoll can be a legit 3C which is a total unknown)

 

[CupWindow]

Nash - Brass - Zuccs
Kreider - Stepan - Fast
Etem - Hayes - Miller
Stoll - Moore - Lindberg
Stalberg

I really liked what I saw from Fast and Kreider together last year.

Although I really like Fast and really like what he did in the post season I don't think he can be a regular contributor on offense like you need a 2nd line RW to be. If he can prove me wrong, than this lineup is great and I'd rather Stalberg over Lindberg to be honest. Lindberg should be our 13th and get his experience when guys get injured. He could probably see 40-50 games as a 13th just from injuries alone.

 

[Off Sides]

My guess as to what they will do
Nash-Brassard-Zucc
Kreider-Stepan-Miller
Stralberg-Hayes-Fast
Glass-Moore/Stoll/Etem

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Girardi is a fantastic penalty killer. Just ask the advanced stat posters you steal all of your opinions from

fantastic, sureeeeeee.

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Replace Glass with Stalberg and this is great (if Stoll can be a legit 3C which is a total unknown)

In all honestly I would probably put Dom Moore on the 3rd line before Stoll. Dom is way better, despite being older...

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

fantastic, sureeeeeee.

yes. fantastic. As in one of the best on the team

Girardi is an excellent shot blocker, a skill that is imperative to any successful penalty kill.

say what you want about its merits at even strength, but on the PK, that skill is invaluable

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

yes. fantastic. As in one of the best on the team

Girardi is an excellent shot blocker, a skill that is imperative to any successful penalty kill.

say what you want about its merits at even strength, but on the PK, that skill is invaluable

Another skill that is invaluable on the penalty kill is the ability to keep players to the outside, to force bad plays and make sure they don't get a scoring chance or a rebound shot(rebound shots can be off blocks) to the net.

The ability to do that and the ability to clear the puck out of the zone before any dangerous scoring chances get created is a lot more invaluable than blocking a shot. Girardi blocks a shot, the shot can still come back out to the slot, or onto another one of their player's stick.

Like the way McDonagh plays defensively would be a pretty good example of what I just described.