I don't like the lines. Cagg on first line despite a couple recent goals is imo a mistake. At least give Pulju a chance. Why not do that?
As far as the 2nd line I haven't seen one instance to suggest that Nuge and Draisaitl work good together and create. This is a 20.5M buck line and with redundant skill sets. When you put Drai on the line with Nuge what I'm noting is Nuges game becomes less aggressive and he is less involved in the play. Nuge has been most effective when he's had to push his own line this year. The Vanilla is increasing again in Nuges game with Drai being placed there. I find the Drai just naturally becomes the key cog on that line and Nuge takes a backseat. Having the two centers together also gives Lucic even more slack to do very little. This is not 20.5M bucks worth of line. Not close to it.
The issue is not with Caggiula being on the top line it is Maroon.
Caggiula-McDavid-Puljujarvi would be much better than Pylon passenger-McDavid-anyoneelse
Also, Draisaitl naturally doesnt become anything everynight. He has his moments but then disappears. Pretty sure Nuge would still be driving that 2nd line. Draisaitl is not the issue with RNH..its Lucic.
Camallari-RNH-Draisaitl would be a better option if we werent paying Lucic too much.
Lucic-Strome-Kassian would be a physical 3rd line
Maroon-Letestu-Khaira would be the 4th.
Having said that McLellan is too stubborn to break up Maroon-McDavid and Lucic-RNH duos