Speculation: Playoff Lineup

[frizzer1]

4 of the leafs’ d men are really slow.
That could kill them.
Lily can skate and should be in there imo.
Also. Tavares with ROR have played what? About 6 games together?
Really great idea to have lines with little experience together.
Ughh!!

And as it stands now, they once again have lines 3 and 4 with little offensive potential.
Keefe doesn’t learn anything.
Anyway,hope for the best.

 

[DarkKnight]

It’s a better bottom six than last year no question , and it’s the most dynamic top six we’ve seen. He’s always worried about JT and Nylander defensively, ROR fixes that in spades. Knies will slot in at some point, nice piece to have in the wings. As long as Schenn isn’t over played, he’s a serviceable six, with bite we need, Reilly is a tough partner in general.

Lets f***ing roll boys, so pumped!

 

[notDatsyuk]

I guess the idea is the second line is offensive while bottom 6 being more defensively responsible than offensive.

True, but the second line seems to be better offensively with ROR than with JT too. PP is about the only place JT is excelling this year.

 

[notDatsyuk]

c'mon keefe

Bunting/Matthews/Marner
Jarnkrok/Tavares/Nylander
Knies/ROR/Acciari
ZAR/Kerfoot/Kampf/Lafferty

McCabe/Brodie
Rielly/Schenn
Gio/Lilly

every line in our top 9 has a killer pairing. how does tampa match up against that? Enough playing it safe.

Holl and Kerfoot should start on the bench imo.

What's the "killer pairing" in the second line?

 

[LeafSteel]

Until I'm blue in the face:

Nylander-Matthews-Jarnkrok - can skate and can score and will draw top defensive/top line duties. Both wingers have shown chemistry with Matthews.

Knies-Tavares-Marner - will feast against lesser lines, with Tavares and Marner supporting Knies. Knies and Tavares can drive possession and Marner does that Marner magic and plays a defensively sound game with speed.

Bunting-O'Rielly-Acciari - nightmare for opposition top lines. Will be miserable to play against and will ground the Tampa defense into dust. O'Rielly helps Bunting play a smarter physical game.

ZAR-Kampf-Lafferty - forechecking 4th line that has put up points lately. Can hit and stacks up without being a liability. Kerfoot slots in for any struggling on this line.

 

[AndyWozniewski]

I haven't been able to watch games that much this season, but is Lafferty good at anything? From the few games I've seen with him in the lineup, he's been pretty invisible. What does he do well? Maybe I just haven't seen enough of him to appreciate what he brings.

 

[glue]

Some of you are worrying too much Knies not being there. I’m sure he’s gonna get in at some point. I actually like the forward lines. No 5 on 5 concern on any line.

 

[1specter]

Some of you are worrying too much Knies not being there. I’m sure he’s gonna get in at some point. I actually like the forward lines. No 5 on 5 concern on any line.

I would wager that he'll draw in pretty much after the first loss lol. I think Keefe and management are big fans of him.

 

[TML Dynasty]

I would wager that he'll draw in pretty much after the first loss lol. I think Keefe and management are big fans of him.

So not at all then? Swwwwweeeeeeeeeep!

 

[Jojalu]

4 of the leafs’ d men are really slow.
That could kill them.
Lily can skate and should be in there imo.
Also. Tavares with ROR have played what? About 6 games together?
Really great idea to have lines with little experience together.
Ughh!!

And as it stands now, they once again have lines 3 and 4 with little offensive potential.
Keefe doesn’t learn anything.
Anyway,hope for the best.

Who has ROR played a lot with? Anyone they put him with doesn't have a lot of reps. Non-issue

 

[QJo]

To me this is the scariest lineup. This is what I was hoping to see during the regular season to get some chemistry.

(1) Nylander - Matthews - Jarnkrok
(2) Bunting - O'Reilly - Marner
(3) Knies - Tavares - Kerfoot
(4) Acciari - Kampf - Lafferty

Three strong offensive lines all with slightly different identities. (1) powerful offense (2) shutdown offense (3) heavy line, hit, cycle, grind, score (4) do what you've been doing.

(1) would be a threat to anybody.
(2) could match up against anyone's best line in home games and we'd expect to have an advantage because of their selke play.
(3) would finally be a third line with enough talent to overmatch their opponents
(4) is a good fourth line.

 

[aingefan]

Loving the forwards in almost any combination. Guys gotta leave it all out there, play smart.

I love love love Lili.

Start him at home, rotate Holl/Schenn at home v. Tampa, play the vets on the road.

 

[Jojalu]

To me this is the scariest lineup. This is what I was hoping to see during the regular season to get some chemistry.

(1) Nylander - Matthews - Jarnkrok
(2) Bunting - O'Reilly - Marner
(3) Knies - Tavares - Kerfoot
(4) Acciari - Kampf - Lafferty

Three strong offensive lines all with slightly different identities. (1) powerful offense (2) shutdown offense (3) heavy line, hit, cycle, grind, score (4) do what you've been doing.

(1) would be a threat to anybody.
(2) could match up against anyone's best line in home games and we'd expect to have an advantage because of their selke play.
(3) would finally be a third line with enough talent to overmatch their opponents
(4) is a good fourth line.

Sounds like Game 1 forward lines will be

Bunting Matthews Marner
Tavares ROR Nylander
Jarnkrok Accari Kerfoot
ZAR Kamph Lafferty

Havn't heard much about the D pairings

 

[geo25]

That’s true, I think my line up is possible especially given yesterdays success with that O’Reilly line. Only thing Keefe would do is switch Holl and Liljegren.

I see no reason to seperate Matthews and Jarnkrok those guys play so well together. JT plays his best with a Marner.

I can see Lili requesting a trade if he's sat again this year....

 

[geo25]

Same lineup but take out ZAR and add knies or lafferty.

And lilly for holl.

If Lili is sat again this year I feel he'll demand a trade...

 

[TMLAM34]

I can see Lili requesting a trade if he's sat again this year....

I don’t see it. With Holl being a UFA and 99.9% gone this summer, Liljegren will be in the lineup fulltime next year, including in the playoffs.

 

[DarkKnight]

We dressed Blackwell, Kase, Clifford and Simmonds to start the playoffs last year. Also Engvall.

I‘m not complaining.

 

[Guided by Veseys]

They should put Nylander second line and then occasionally double shift him on third and fourth. He’s the secret weapon; inconspicuous but then can power through with a great chance out of nowhere. Potential for him is massive, he just needs to be utilized with extra consideration.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

We need Keefe to be a strong "in game" coach. We've lacked that for a while in this organization; think Keefe has it in em though...no matter what people say.

The paper lineups are great...but being able to find weak spots with line changes; while not messing with chemistry, is what makes a good coach -> great.

 

[57 Years No Cup]

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[The Iceman]

Sounds like Game 1 forward lines will be

Bunting Matthews Marner
Tavares ROR Nylander
Jarnkrok Accari Kerfoot
ZAR Kamph Lafferty

Havn't heard much about the D pairings

Jonas reported on the weekend that the D pairings at practice were
McCabe-Brodie
Reilly-Schenn
Gio-Holl

Only problem IMO is PP2 is going to be weak without being able to have 2 blueliners with some offensive skill.
Kerfoot on PP2 is a waste of a space, and other than Gio nobody can play at the back end on PP2.

 

[GQS]

To me this is the scariest lineup. This is what I was hoping to see during the regular season to get some chemistry.

(1) Nylander - Matthews - Jarnkrok
(2) Bunting - O'Reilly - Marner
(3) Knies - Tavares - Kerfoot
(4) Acciari - Kampf - Lafferty

I like this lineup with the only change being putting Knies with Marner and O'Reilly/Tavares. I want to see if he can put up some points playing with an elite passer like Marner.

As for defense I'd rather have Liljegren in than Holl or Schenn and given the choice I'd take Holl out to start. I like Holl, but at this point I think Liljegren is better and deserves a chance to start in the playoffs. Think he played pretty decent in the 2 games he got last playoffs and then got taken out so I don't know why Keefe keeps playing Holl over him when he doesn't bring anything special to the table.

 

[Jojalu]

Jonas reported on the weekend that the D pairings at practice were
McCabe-Brodie
Reilly-Schenn
Gio-Holl

Only problem IMO is PP2 is going to be weak without being able to have 2 blueliners with some offensive skill.
Kerfoot on PP2 is a waste of a space, and other than Gio nobody can play at the back end on PP2.

I can't decide if Nylander on PP2 is a waste. They will get maybe 20-30 seconds.

McCabe has a pretty good shot and he might be able to play a limited role.

With Nylander on PP2, at least he and Kerfoot have some chemistry

 

[horner]

They need to get knies into the lineup it's a player TB has no data on .
Besides he is a really good player.

 

[horner]

Our pp needs to be at 100% to win this series