Hope Bringer
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- Jan 6, 2010
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This was proposed in The Athletic, and I think it's a pretty interesting solution to the group as it is right now. Do we need a 4th line centre when we can give Matthews, Tavares, and Kadri a little more icetime?
We also know Tavares can penalty kill pretty well, and we already have staples to the pk like Hyman, Brown, and Kapanen. I also wouldn't be opposed to seeing how Matthews does, as I generally think playing skilled players on the pk is a good idea.
As for our D—the article proposed running:
Gardiner - Rielly
Dermott - Z
Borgman/Rosen - Holl/Carrick
Marincin/Hainsey
We could use Marincin/Hainsey as PK specialists, which is pretty much where they're most valuable anyways. I'm also up for moving Z down the lineup if he continues to struggle, but I think we're strong enough to be able to make the playoffs anyways, so why not experiment a bit and see how this works?
Usually, I'm not a fan of this structure, but then again, when you have three centres of this calibre, I think it's at least interesting to think about.
We also know Tavares can penalty kill pretty well, and we already have staples to the pk like Hyman, Brown, and Kapanen. I also wouldn't be opposed to seeing how Matthews does, as I generally think playing skilled players on the pk is a good idea.
As for our D—the article proposed running:
Gardiner - Rielly
Dermott - Z
Borgman/Rosen - Holl/Carrick
Marincin/Hainsey
We could use Marincin/Hainsey as PK specialists, which is pretty much where they're most valuable anyways. I'm also up for moving Z down the lineup if he continues to struggle, but I think we're strong enough to be able to make the playoffs anyways, so why not experiment a bit and see how this works?
Usually, I'm not a fan of this structure, but then again, when you have three centres of this calibre, I think it's at least interesting to think about.