Hornqvist is way too valuable to be on the 4th line. I also don’t think Tanev is a top 6 forward. I think he is a perfect L3 LW option. Put Horny on the other side and that line will be a ***** to play against.
Hagelin's not a "top-6 forward" either, with regard to production, but Tanev will be here--at least he'll be tried there--because of the factors I talked about.
They should have tried to sign him back then. 11 mil is better than 21 mil (and an extra 2 years).
I don't disagree, but who knows what happened. Maybe JR wanted more years of a potential Hagelin replacement. Maybe Hags had no desire to come back.
A line-up like that leaves Horny on the 4th line right? That's a deep lineup indeed
I forgot about Hornqvist. Whoops. Put him in Rust's spot and use Rust to get JJ outta here.
I wouldn't play Tanev in the top 6 almost ever. I think he could be thrown up there a shift here and there to generate some energy, but he should be on the 3rd line with Rust, IMO. It just makes so much sense to keep those two together and let that line check the **** out of teams. I wish we had a more skilled 3C there though.
The lineup's got a ton of versatility, really. Rust, McCann, Tanev, Kahun, Hornqvist can all play up and down the top-9.