I think Hitch will go back to SOB but to me it should depend on whether Berglund and Lehtera play. If they don't, I do think the lines need to be mixed up a bit.
Give Rattie a chance to play with a guy like Schwartz who can go get the puck and give it to him and let's see what we've got. Playing with Lindstrom and Jaskin is just a weak line that has to be sheltered.
agreed.
I'm thinking Oshie-Steen-Tarasenko
Schwartz-stastny-Rattie
Jaskin-Backes-Lindstrom
Ott-Goc-Reaves.
i'd like to see stastny with schwartz and rattie to see hwo many scoring chances those 3 can create and i figure a hard hitting line of backes and jaskin would be nice as a 3rd line as long as lindstrom comes to play and is moving his feet and does the little things right...i think lindstrom has shown a few times this year that he can be a decent player in this league, but needs to be more consistent, he's got some speed and hands.... but sometimes he isn't strong on the puck etc.... if he comes ready to go and battles in the corners, that could be a nice line with speed, grit and skill
Tho, at the same time...i'd imagine Hitch would want a Backes shutdown line out there agianst Stamkos's line as much as possible