Line Combos: HFPens Decides - Third Line Center

Who do you want the third line center to be?


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Randy Butternubs

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Poll #2 - Who do you want to be the third line center?

Poll will be open for a few days, unless it is a blowout.

Am I correct in assuming that since Guentzel went to Malkin that Crosby now gets Zucker?

Current lineup:

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Guentzel (66%)-Malkin-ddd
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Jarry-DeSmith


Some assumptions and rules:
  1. You are to vote for what you want to see -- not what you expect the coaches to do. This is for the opening day lineup. Yes, it'll change throughout the season.
  2. Crosby and Malkin are the top two centers.
  3. Jarry is the starter and DeSmith is the backup.
  4. ZAR will be on the IR to start the season. This means he will not be listed as an option in any of the polls.
  5. In the top 4, defenseman will not play on their "off" side.
  6. I will not be listing players for positions they have not played at the NHL level. For example, I will not be listing Tanev as an option for the third line center.
  7. Due to the amount of one-way contracts, I will not be including Poulin and POJ (or other prospects) as voting options. Feel free to write them in as a vote, though.
  8. A majority vote is not needed to win. But we may have runoff polls if I deem the numbers to be too close.
Let me know of questions or concerns.

Previous thread:

Line Combos: - HFPens Decides - 20/21 Version
Line Combos: - HFPens Decides - Jake Guentzel
 

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Peat

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Am I correct in assuming that since Guentzel went to Malkin that Crosby now gets Zucker?

I think so, but if you're real bored it might be interesting to see if anyone can make a case for McCann or Poulin there instead.
 

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I think we will have 2 bottom 6 lines. Call them two 3rd or two 4th lines, doesn't matter. Jank will center one, Bleuger, the other.
 
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Flying Dego

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Theodore Bleuger shall take what is his. He's put in the work and will do well when given a stronger LW.

McCann should be a shooting winger.
 

Ugene Magic

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I think their best option is seeing what MJ can do, he brings size, skating, scoring and more to the table playing the actual position. Plus he has a chip on his shoulders i'm sure due to last season. That's a huge buy low to high reward probability.

I'd rather that than the same old, same old...and i'd lean to 'none of the above' otherwise.
 
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NMK11

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I think we will have 2 bottom 6 lines. Call them two 3rd or two 4th lines, doesn't matter. Jank will center one, Bleuger, the other.
Jank should center the other, but not sure we have two equal lines. McCann is sort of by far the best scoring threat of the wings, and Tanev is sort of your next best player. After that it's a whole lot of fourth liners. If you split McCann and Tanev up, it just seems like you're going to end up with two meh lines. Put them together with whichever of TB or Jank and then have a regular fourth line.
 

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McCann-Blueger-xxx sucks as a 3rd line and makes our 4th line suck. This sucks. After clearing all that space, and adding Kap, JR had 1 job to do and he punted.
 
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EightyOne

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I dont like Blueger for the same reason I dont like Mccann. They just dont seem to be skilled enough to make it happen.

Voted Jankowski. Who...also...not sold on, but, figure might as well try before going back to TB or Mcccann...
 

Pens x

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McCann-Blueger-xxx sucks as a 3rd line and makes our 4th line suck. This sucks. After clearing all that space, and adding Kap, JR had 1 job to do and he punted.
JR is incompetent for sure, but ownership clearly directed him to a follow a strict internal budget. Our offseason moves weren’t made because they were in the best interest of the team to compete this year, everything was about cutting dollars which is very unfortunate.

You can blame any failures first and foremost on ownership this offseason.
 
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Zirakzigil

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Just cause I want to see the world burn :sarcasm::

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I think the bottom 6 will get pretty equal even strength time. So we wont have a true 3rd line center per say.
 
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