GM Game 1 Voting thread

[Gecklund]

vs

Kyle Palmieri (2.325m) - Bo Horvat (5.5m) - Patrick Kane(5.25m) J.T Miller (5.25m) - Elias Pettersson (0.925m) - Nikita Gusev (2.25m) Tanner Pearson (3.75m) - Ryan Dzingle (1.688m) Adam Gaudette (0.95m) Tyler Motte (1.2m) - Travis Zajac (2.875m) - Brandon Sutter (4.375m) Quinn Hughes (0.925k) - Nate Schmidt (5.95m) Cam Fowler (6.3m) - Brandon Montour (1.925m) Alex Edler (6m) - Tyler Myers (6m) Andrei Vasilevski (9.5m) Thatcher Demko (1.05m)

RNH-McDavid-Tatar Kahun-Draisaitl-Yamammoto Ennis-Turris-Kassian Khaira-Haas-Archibald Nurse-Bear Keith-Larsson Jones-Barrie Koskinen Smith

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Marchessault-Karlsson-Stone Smith-Krejci-Atkinson Bjork-Glass-Roy Carrier-Stephenson-Reaves McNabb-Pietrangelo Martinez-Theodore Whitecloud-Holden Lehner Dansk

Benn-Monahan-Tkachuk Huberdeau-Backlund-Lindholm Neal-Bennett-Dube Leivo-Ryan-Simon Nordstrom, Rinaldo Giordano-Tanev Hanifin-Gudas Chara-DeAngelo Markstrom Petersen

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Landeskog (5.571) - MacKinnon (6.300) - Rantanen (9.500) Burakovsky (4.900) - Kadri (4.500) - Hoffman (6.000) Saad (5.000) - Pavelski (3.500) - Duclair (2.500) Nichushkin (2.500) - True (0.763) - Hinostroza (1.000) Josi (4.529) - Doughty (5.500) Girard (5.000) - Makar (0.880) Toews (4.100) - Hamonic (2.000) Bishop (2.458) Francouz (2.000)

Steen-O'Reilly-Tarasenko Schwartz-Schenn-Perron Sanford-Sundqvist-Kyrou Clifford-Barbashev-Blais Lodnia Dunn-Parayko Gunnarsson-Dumba Krug-Bortuzzo Scandella Binnington Husso

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Johnny Gaudreau - Tyler Seguin - Ilya Kovalchuk Denis Gurianov - Roope Hintz - J.T Compher Jason Dickinson - Radek Faksa - Blake Comeau Brendan Lemieux - Liam Foudy - Jason Robertson Joel Kiviranta Esa Lindell - John Klingberg Miro Heiskanen - Jamie Oleksiak Andrej Sekera - Mark Pysyk Brendan Smith Philipp Grubauer Anton Khudobin

Kyle Connor - Mark Scheifele - Blake Wheeler Nikolaj Ehlers - Paul Stastny - Viktor Arvidsson Calle Jarnkrok - Andrew Copp - Jack Roslovic Jansen Harkins - Adam Lowry - Kyle Okposo X - Nate Thompson, Mason Appleton Ryan Suter - Ryan Ellis Josh Morrissey - Dylan DeMelo Derek Forbort - Tucker Poolman X - Nathan Beaulieu Connor Hellebuyck Laurent Broissoit

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Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov Yanni Gourde - Steven Stamkos - Alex Killorn Blake Coleman - Alex Wennberg - Barclay Goodrow Cedric Paquette - Mitchell Stephens - Pat Maroon Victor Hedman - Aaron Ekblad Mikhail Sergachev - Ryan McDonagh Luke Schenn - Cal Foote John Gibson Curtis McElhinney

Svechnikov - Aho - Teravainen Bemstrom - Getzlaf - Necas Niederreiter - J Staal - Fast Martinook - Jenner - Geekie McGinn Slavin - Hamilton Bean - Pesce Gardiner - Fleury Forsling/J Ryan Merzlikins Nedeljkovic

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B. Marchand-P. Bergeron-D. Pastrnak O. Kasé-R. Johansen-A. Tuch J. Studnicka-C. Coyle-T. Thompson P. Lindholm-S. Kuraly-C. Wagner J. Brodin-C. McAvoy B. Skjei-B. Carlo M. Nutivaara-J Lauzon J. Korpisalo J. Halak

Taylor Hall - Jack Eichel - Craig Smith Jeff Skinner - Eric Staal - Sam Reinhart Nick Cousins - Erik Haula - Dylan Cozens Zemgus Girgensons - Noel Acciari - Ryan Hartman X - Tobias Rieder Rasmus Dahlin - Jared Spurgeon MacKenzie Weegar - Rasmus Ristolainen Jake McCabe - Henri Jokiharju X - Matt Irwin Antti Raanta Linus Ullmark

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Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Mikael Granlund Jason Zucker - Evgeni Malkin - Bryan Rust Andreas Athanasiou - Jared McCann - Kasperi Kapanen Brandon Tanev - Teddy Blueger - Zach Aston-Reese Mark Jankowski, Sam Lafferty, Brian Dumoulin - Kris Letang Mattias Ekholm - John Marino Juuso Riikola - Cody Ceci Chad Ruhwedal Tristan Jarry Casey DeSmith

Drouin-Suzuki-Gallagher Toffoli-Kotkaniemi-Anderson Lehkonen-Danault-Puljujarvi Byron-Brassard-Armia Perreault, Evans Lindholm-Weber Chiarot-Petry Kulak-Romanov Kylington-Mete Price Allen

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Pacioretty - Barkov - Nyquist Rakell - Kopitar - Bjorkstrand Foegele - Trocheck - Grigorenko Robinson - Koivu - Greenway Stenlund, Nash Werenski - S. Jones Gavrikov - Manson Kukan - Subban Koekkoek Rask Mrazek

Forsberg-Couturier-Konecny Giroux-Hayes-Voracek Laughton-Patrick-Farabee Lindblom-Lazar-Kubel Provorov-P Myers Sanheim-Gustafsson Gostisbehere-Braun Hart Elliot

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[m0pe]

FYI, here are the changes in Buffalo since last year.

Olofsson -> Hall
Johansson -> E. Staal
Larsson -> Haula
Okposo -> C. Smith
Mittelstadt/Sobotka -> Cozens
Lazar/Rodrigues -> Acciari
Sheary -> Cousins
Vesey -> Hartman
Montour -> Spurgeon
Miller -> Weegar
Hutton -> Raanta

+ Growth from Dahlin and Jokiharju / at least somewhat of a rebound season from Skinner.

Only 9 of our regulars are back from last year.

Boston has the better top line, but new Buffalo is better everywhere else. Vote accordingly

 

[tinyzombies]

Comparing the styles of the first lines, assuming we continue having each line play the same systems as they did and the teams want to go power vs. power (Calgary on top, then Vegas). Calgary's line brings far more pressure on the forecheck and is a much bigger, badder line with Benn/Tkachuk. He has Pietrangelo, I have an older Giordano. He has Lehner, I have Markstrom. My second line is loaded too with Huberdeau and Lindholm. And I have Gudas and Chara to smash Reaves and whoever else you have. If you were just gonna vote Vegas you are a punk. I am also vastly superior on special teams. First shift Benn goes right after Pietrangelo and Tkachuk goads McNabb into the box - Calgary trots out Benn-Monahan-Tkachuk-Huberdeau-Giordano PP1.