Line Combos: Final Forward Spot (When Healthy)

[Nineteen67]

It’s not a sure thing that Mikheyev makes the team.

 

[MJ65]

Agostino

 

[DANTHEMAN1967]

Lol at Nic Petan's popularity. Even in the final spot he gets no love. Dubas certainly made a mistake on that trade (not huge).

You think that Dubas made a mistake trading for Petan?
Par Linholm scored one goal in 65 games for the Leafs, Petan matched that in his first game.

 

[ottomaddox]

You think that Dubas made a mistake trading for Petan?
Par Linholm scored one goal in 65 games for the Leafs, Petan matched that in his first game.

Linholm could have helped TOR in Hyman's absence (playoffs). Nothing more. He's not that great a player, but Petan isn't either.

 

[DANTHEMAN1967]

Linholm could have helped TOR in Hyman's absence (playoffs). Nothing more. He's not that great a player, but Petan isn't either.

Hyman wasn't absent in the playoffs. He played pretty well in spite of his injury.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Agostino. I think Bracco makes the team out of camp in the top 9 due to injuries and makes it a tough call though.

 

[TML Dynasty]

Obviously it all depends on camp but I hope it’s a banger!
Marchment Gauthier Agostino
Some nights could be fun to watch!
But
Aberg Spezza Bracco
would show a completely different setup.

Dubas has given Babs a lot of options.

 

[TimeZone]

Agostino, Aberg or Shore.

I think all three have a decent shot.

 

[DarkKnight]

Just because Lindholm was used in a PK role did not mean he was good at PKing.

Yes Lindholm was terrible on the PK, very passive and ineffective. He literally did nothing well. Petan is a complete whatever, that will never play for us, but we won that trade simply because Lindholm was gone. Addition by subtraction.

 

[supermann_98]

Agostino would be my choice for 4th line LW, that's presuming somebody on the Marlies like Marchment doesn't have an outstanding camp

Johnsson Matthews Nylander
Hyman Tavares Marner
Moore Kerfoot Kapanen
Agostino Gauthier Mikheyev

Yeah I wrote Gauthier into my lineup, come at me

Gauthier over Spezza? Lmao

 

[PromisedLand]

(when healthy)

Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Johnson-Matthews-Nylander
Mikheyev-Kerfoot-Kapanen
Moore-Goat-Spezza

 

[ottomaddox]

(when healthy)

Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Johnson-Matthews-Nylander
Mikheyev-Kerfoot-Kapanen
Moore-Goat-Spezza

You want Gauthier playing C and Spezza as a winger?

 

[PromisedLand]

You want Gauthier playing C and Spezza as a winger?

I personally had no issue with Goat as 4C last year; and if am not mistaken Spezza played wing last year in Dallas

 

[member 300185]

Its going to come down to camp. Thats the bottom line. You have to earn your spot.

My bet is Petan but its great seeing all that depth.

 

[namttebih]

We need to see what Mikheyev looks like in camp before we start penciling him into the top two lines.

I agree. I think that the poll should be the final two spots.

Aberg and Agostino

 

[ottomaddox]

I personally had no issue with Goat as 4C last year; and if am not mistaken Spezza played wing last year in Dallas

I didn't mind him either, but he always has me wanting more. I wish we had a slight upgrade there.

 

[PhiladelphiaKessel]

I’d go with Aberg.

 

[DanM]

It’s not a sure thing that Mikheyev makes the team.

True, but the team really does seem to be SUPER high on this guy, and he has talent.

A lot of promising things said about his game.

 

[Face Of Bear]

I liked Moore last year, but I think he'll still have to earn his roster spot and its not a given he does. Same with Mikheyev/Gauthier.

Johnson-Matthews-Nylander
Hyman-Tavares- Marner
Kapanen-Spezza-Kerfoot
Mikheyev-Gauthier-Moore

Bottom 3 up for grabs

 

[Nineteen67]

True, but the team really does seem to be SUPER high on this guy, and he has talent.

A lot of promising things said about his game.

He’s from the KHL. If he can be a solid banging bottom 6 forward great but I’m guessing he wants to be a top 6 guy.

 

[moon111]

Gauthier over Spezza? Lmao

In the playoffs, Matthews had a 3.03 points/minute performance. In 11 games, Spezza had a 2.72,
better then Tavares, Marner, Nylander. I have a feeling he's not done and by all accounts, still has a
passion for hockey and of course wanted to play for Toronto. Dallas had four players break the
2.00 points per minute, the Leafs had ten. Spezza been playing for a long time and only has three
times more goals then Matthews. If Spezza gets to play with someone who can put the puck in the
net, I wouldn't be surprised to see his points increase significantly. Would definitely take a flyer
on him with a late fantasy draft pick, especially with the prospect that Marner might not sign.
If he ended up Tavares's RW...

 

[Rizzy13]

I like Gauthier as our fourth line C. In my eyes, he doesn't make many mistakes. He'll only get better. Also nice to have some size.

 

[yubbers]

And also not a mistake, because Lindholm is garbage

And yet he dumped Leivo for nothing ahead of him.

 

[Kiwi]

Gauthier over Spezza? Lmao

Yes, Spezza is cooked and Gauthier stops other teams scoring on his line

You haven't watched Spezza recently I take it?

 

[56 Years No Cup]

I can't answer this poll yet. The reason? As of yet we haven't had camp so we don't know which vet will meet Babcock's GudPro™ Assessment Criteria.