@vendetra still cant read your post, as i said in the last post i quoted you, that you arguments out of Line.
But since i saw your post while reading not logged in.
Tell me why was the greatest most effective Lines Panthers ever had 3 Way play. 1st Years Fleischmann/Weiss/Versteeg one of the best chemistry 1st line for a while. Also was one Deadly PP.
Hub/Bar/Jagr under Gallant was one of the most feared hard to play against Line. And that was Barkov 2 years ago with an Injury during the Season.
Now you have Dadonov/Barkov and trocheck/Huberdeau and we miss PO. Another great Dou Toews/kane since 3rd Line member must traded away and one gone out of PO. McDavid/Draisaitl no third Linemate out of the PO. Gaudreau/Monahan out of the PO. So i see where your argument had some solid ground the whole League runs with Pairs.
OH by the Way WSH 3 person 1st Line, Winnipeg 3 Person 1st line, Vegas 3 Person 1st Line, jets 1st+nd 3 person line, Pittsburgh Duo (out of PO after 2nd Round) Tampa 3 person chemisty 1st Line.
It must be an miracle that all the Teams, who push and get the max chemistry and Line combination out of their TopLine reach the PO and get far. Must be a true miracle since anyone in the League runs Duo.
I forgot LA 3 person 1st Line over years.
Phi 3 Person 1st Line + 2nd Line
Toronto 1st and 2nd Line chemistry 3 person.
Columbus 1st Line 3 person
Minnesota 1st Line 3 person very effective during regular Season. known for Goals in less SOG
I think i will call the league and say, hey Guys its only allowed to run with Duos then 3 person line Chemisry.
By the Way Years Pantehrs reached PO. 1st Line 3 person Line chemistry. maybe it has something to do with, its harder to focus on 3 player in the O Zone then 2 Players, double Teams the Puck Carrier and game opener, goes the 3rd Person is not serious to take on the Line in chemistry.
By the Way for the you and the other Poster, i saw beside 5-9 Games nearly every Panthers Game Live, from EU that means go to Bed at 4AM. Maybe your not thinked till the end post, hand over Bjugstad skill, was an argument to block your post.
OMG how could i forgot i want denied that, the most effective Time Bjugstad had, was in the Beginning of the Season, the great Line chemistry on 3rd Line. I think i forgot but maybe it was a 3 person Line chemistry. But maybe it was also a Duo, but that was the Beginning of the Season and the Time was long ago.
I'll take you up on your assertion that other teams first line were better than our first line, or that McDavid and Monahan's line were not good enough since they are duos and not trios. Let's see if you are correct or if you are completly wrong.
GF/60 --- GF%
Dadonov-Barkov-Bjugstad: 4.72 --- 61.7%
Huberdeau-Barkov-Dadonov: 3.4 --- 56.8%
Huberdeau-Barkov-Bjugstad: 3.17 --- 66.7%
Huberdeau-Trocheck-Malgin: 2.94 --- 52.9%
Draisaitl-McDavid-Maroon: 3.73 --- 62.1%
Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland: 3.49 --- 63.08%
Connor-Scheifele-Wheeler: 2.94 ---56.6%
Laine-Stastny-Ehlers: 4.57 --- 69.6%
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Wilson: 2.65 --- 59.4%
Marchy-Karlsson-Smith: 3.99 --- 66.7%
Stamkos-Kucherov-Namestnikov: 3.43 --- 55.8%
Stamkos-Kucherov-Miller: 3.54 --- 42.86%
Hagelin-Malkin-Hornqvist: 3.65 --- 64.3%
Rust-Crosby-Guentzel: 2.21 --- 58.82%
Iafallo-Kopitar-Brown: 3.03 --- 67.4%
Giroux-Couturier-Konecny: 4.13 --- 64.2%
Voracek-Patrick-Simmonds: 2.63 --- 50%
Hyman-Matthews-Nylander: 4.13 --- 65.6%
Marner-Kadri-Marleau: 2.95 --- 58.06%
Panarin-Dubois-Atkinson: 3.38 --- 69.23%
Zucker-Staal-Granlund: 4.3 ---- 55%
Marchand-Bergeron-Pastranak: 2.58 --- 61.36%
2011-2012: Fleischmann/Weiss/Versteeg: 2.75 --- 51.52%
2015-2016: Hub/Bar/Jagr: 3.53 --- 67.9%
You are completly wrong.
If you think that we didn't get max chemistry out of the 1st line, you have no idea what you are talking about. The Barkov line, in any configuration was one of the best line in hockey. There are no arguments against that.
The only line you mentionned that is comparable to Dadonov-Barkov-Bjugstad is Winnipeg's thrid line, with easy assignment and a smallish sample size. The rest of the first line you enumerated get crush! In the whole league, only 2 lines have been more productive than the Dadonov-Barkov-Bjugstad line. 2!! And both these lines have smallish sample size and 200 minutes less of ice time together.
You'll need to find an other scapegoat, because if this team didn't make the playoffs it's not because their first line was not good enough, far from it. It's all about depth. Same reason McDavid and Monahan didn't make the playoffs, depth. They also had goaltending issues.
Just because I feel like it, let's look at the best lines of the past 5 years that played 300 minutes together and compare it to Dadonov-Barkov-Bjugstad. Let's see how they stack.
2017-2018: Dadonov - Barkov - Bjugstad: 4.72 --- 61.7%
2017-2018: Beauvillier - Barzal - Eberle: 4.34 --- 61.9%
2016-2017: Brown - Matthews - Hyman: 3.67 ---60.53%
2016-2017: Maroon - McDavid - Draistl: 3.57 --- 60.38%
2015-2016: Kunitz - Crosby - Hornqvist: 4.83 --- 75%
2015-2016: Smith - Forsberg - Ribeiro: 4.21 --- 64.7%
2014-2015: Kucherov - Palat - Johnson: 4.31 --- 67.6%
2014-2015: Schwartz - Lehtera - Tarasenko: 3.62 --- 64%
2013-2014: Jokinen - Malkin - Neal: 4.86 --- 75%
2013-2014: Seguin - Benn - Nichushkin: 4.55 --- 74.5%
So 3 lines were better than Dadonov-Barkov-Bjugstad in the past 5 years ... but yeah, they didn't get max chemistry since obviously they should have outplayed Crosby and Malkin....