Sidney the Kidney
One last time
- Jun 29, 2009
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Yep, only for tactical, line-based reasons. I'm neither set on Tavares or Couturier.
Marner and Tavares have good chemistry, what would happen with McDavid in the mix?
How is McDavid affected by Marner and Tavares? McDavid's going to be centering the top line, probably with someone like Point on RW and either a converted center (Scheifele/Stamkos) on his left or someone like Huberdeau.
Tavares isn't good enough to be building a line around "chemistry" for him. At best, he'll be the 13th or 14th forward. He's not centering any line ahead of the elite centers Canada has available to them, and he's not starting on LW ahead of more natural LWers like Huberdeau and Marchand, nor better centers who have to be moved to wing because of how stacked Canada is down the middle.
I just can't get behind any idea that Marchand - Crosby - Bergeron shouldn't be literally the one line that's a lock. And whether it's considered the "3rd" line on the depth chart doesn't matter one bit. They'll get as much ice time as the other 2 lines anyway. Canada's not going to overplay their top two lines like a regular NHL team does.