Not a big fan of Novy there, and while Martinec and Northcott are fine by themselves, I think the line will have ton of trouble handling physical opposition.
MacT is kinda weak offensively, but Sturm has a point that on a line with Klukay and Graham he'll work out.
As for the bottom 4, I only truly like Harper there (a lot, actually). Of course I'm open to any arguments as to the greatness of Pervukhin and Liapkin, but from all I heard and with no bio of yours to convince me otherwise they're on the low end of the scale in their slots. Patrick I can live with.
Pervukhin there really isn't much on, but Kings of the Ice mentioned that for him there were no slumps, nor opponents he could not handle. He was also very respectable offensively, including leading an Olympics in assists (all skaters, not just defensemen). They also mention that the Pervukhin - Bilya pairing was just as dependable as the Fetisov pairing (I would imagine this refers to their defensive play).
Liapkin was an elite scorer of the USSR. He had something ridiculous like 9 top-3's in scoring among defensemen during his prime, much of which was in direct competition to Fetisov, Lutchenko, and all those great defensemen of the 70s. I'm willing to accept that he likely wasn't anything special defensively, although until conclusive proof is shown, I refuse to believe he was outright bad. That is perfectly balanced out by Harper being there, regardless.
Novy.. I don't know what else to say. I've posted his scoring finishes, which I will re-post here:
G 1st (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978), 2nd (1973, 1974, 1979, 1982), 3rd (1980, 1981), 9th (1972)
A 1st (1977, 1981, 1982), 2nd (1976, 1978, 1980), 5th (1979), 6th (1975), 10th (1971, 1974)
P 1st (1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982), 2nd (1974, 1975, 1979, 1980), 3rd (1973), 9th (1972)
Olympics
1976: 2nd in goals(1st on team), 6th in points (2nd on team)
1980: 2nd in goals (2nd on team), 2nd in assists (1st on team), 1st in points
WEC-A
1976: 1st in goals, 10th in assists (4th on team), 3rd in points (3rd on team)
1977: 2nd in assists (1st on team), 3rd in points (1st on team)
1981: 8th in goals (2nd on team). 2nd on team in points
Canada Cup
1977: 1st in goals, 4th on team in assists, 4th in points (1st on team)
A few users who watched him play (VMBM and jkrx, specifically) indicated to me that he was a good defensive player and penalty killer. The excerpt from newspaper reports regarding one specific penalty kill he had against Canada, as well as him being called a "good defensive center" in his draft profile seems to support this. And while I suspect that his toughness is likely questionable, Dreakmur has the quote about him being called the answer to Bobby Clarke. To be scared ****less of having him on your team is ignorant at best, downright comical at worst, and he's surrounded by two of the best guys in their roles for 2nd line players (one of which he has known chemistry with - Martinec).
As far as Martinec, I have also heard of great praise for his intangibles game, specifically defensive play (both VMBM and jkrx confirming this). Moreover, he got beat on a ton by the Soviets, them going as far as to injure him purposely to take him out of action. They were that scared of him. And he's on my SECOND line.
I don't see why physicality should be a problem for my second line. Check out this bio from HHH:
http://lcforum.leafscentral.ca/show...III-Bio-Thread?p=493713&viewfull=1#post493713
And Martinec is a guy who I could see as being a scrappy little bugger, maybe not overpowering, but certainly not someone who will be intimidated. As well, even though it's almost certainly hyperbole, Novy being named the answer to Bobby Clarke should say much about his physicality.
Also, this line is blazing fast, between Martinec and Northcott, so I don't think they will suffer too much in physicality due to that speed.
However, if it will better serve my team, I can move Martinec up to the first line and move Phil Watson down to the second line to balance the lines out more physically, but I don't think it should be necessary.