Line Combos: Playoffs and the Healthy Roster

[West Coast Eagles]

Is it too much to wish for that Guy has been playing the ultimate long game by forcing the PP through Hoffman's shot all season only to use him as a decoy in the playoffs thereby completely fooling the entire league and running a 25% PP in the playoffs?

 

[h2owned]

I think Dzingel and Wingels are the odd men out.

Smith - Turris - Stone
Mac - Brass - Ryan
Hoff - Pageau - Pyatt
Stalberg - Kelly - Burrows

Wingels, Neil, Dzingel are surplus

Boro 7 D. Rest is easy.

I'd swap the centers

Smith - Pageau - Stone
Mac - Turris - Ryan
Hoff - Brass - Stalberg
Pyatt- Kelly - Burrows

I liked what I saw from Hoff-Brass-Stalberg for the limited time they were together. Burrows probably takes a few shifts for Macarthur.

 

[LeafRaker]

Hoffman-Pageau-Stone
Macarthur-Turris-Ryan
Stalberg-Brassard-Burrows
Dzingel-Smith-Pyatt

Claesson-Karlsson
Methot-Ceci
Phaneuf-Wideman

Is what I'd hope to see game 1.

 

[playasRus]

The only thing that kills me is XXX - Brassard - Ryan.

Just seems like such a dead line.

 

[Sun God Nika]

I think Hoff - Pageau - Stone is a set line from Bouchers comments on it.

Hoffman - Pageau - Stone
MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Stalberg - Brassard - Pyatt
Smith - Kelly - Burrows

 

[Sensinitis]

Hoffman-Pageau-Stone
MacArthur-Turris-Ryan
Stalberg-Brassard-Burrows
Smith-Wingels/Kelly/White-Pyatt

 

[Agent Zub]

Hoffman-Pageau-Stone

was one of the most impressive lines we've had this year. I know they only played together for one game. But they were flying.

All three players are ridiculously clutch too. If we get far it's because this line clicked. (EK being a beast is a given.)

 

[Hale The Villain]

Hoffman - Pageau - Stone
MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Smith - Brassard - Dzingel
Stalberg - Pyatt - Burrows
White, Paul, Wingels, Kelly, Neil

Methot - Karlsson
Phaneuf - Ceci
Claesson - Wideman
Borowiecki, Harpur, Jokipakka

Anderson
Condon

 

[Shanny]

MacArthur-Turris-Ryan
Burrows-Brassard-Stone
Hoffman-Pageau-Pyatt
Smith-Kelly-Stalberg

Claesson-Karlsson(until Meth is back)
Phaneuf-Ceci
Boro-Wideman

 

[J0sh]

I can't believe you guys keep posting lines with stalberg-brassard-burrows broken up.

Brassard hasn't had chemistry with anyone all season until he was put with stalberg/burrows. They are the only ones on the team that play a slow possession game and they simply don't work with other linemates.

 

[Agent Zub]

Hoffman - Pageau - Stone
MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Smith - Brassard - Dzingel
Stalberg - Pyatt - Burrows
White, Paul, Wingels, Kelly, Neil

Methot - Karlsson
Phaneuf - Ceci
Claesson - Wideman
Borowiecki, Harpur, Jokipakka

Anderson
Condon

I like these but I would Burrows with Brassard and Smith.All three would feed of each others energy and would probably be the best pest line in the playoffs.

 

[GWNR]

Mac - Turris - Ryan
Hoffman - Brassard - Stone
Dzingel - Pageau - Pyatt
Stalberg - Smith - Burrows

With Methot:
Karl - Methot
Ceci - Dion
Harpur - Claesson

Without Methot
Karl - Claesson
Ceci - Dion
Harpur - Wideman

#NoBoro

 

[starling]

MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Hoffman - Pageau - Stone
Stalberg - Brassard - Burrows
Dzingel-Smith-Pyatt

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Hoffman - Pageau - Stone
Stalberg - Brassard - Burrows
Dzingel-Smith-Pyatt

Yes I like this very much.

 

[OgieO]

Yup, I think post 113 sums it up best, imo that is our best lineup. As good as Smith has been on the wing, with the depth we have at LW and the need we have at C on the 4th line... I think that is our best lineup for the playoffs.

 

[ISensFanI]

Pageau pyatt will never separate

 

[jason2020]

MacArthur-Turris-Ryan
Burrows-Brassard-Stone
Hoffman-Pageau-Pyatt
Smith-Kelly-Stalberg

Claesson-Karlsson(until Meth is back)
Phaneuf-Ceci
Boro-Wideman

I would put Ryan on the 3rd line as I think there could be some magic between him Pageau and Hoff.

 

[bert]

My ideal lineup.

Hoffman Pageau Stone
MacArthur Turris Dzingel
Burrows Brassard Ryan
Stalberg Smith Pyatt

Id also be fine with switching Ryan, Stalberg and Dzingel between those three lines depending on how the chemistry looks. Those are the 12 best forwards on this team and they should be the ones who are playing.

Claesson Karlsson
Phaneuf Ceci
Harpur Wideman

If Methot is healthy he is clearly in I just cant believe he will be with that injury.

 

[Shanny]

I would put Ryan on the 3rd line as I think there could be some magic between him Pageau and Hoff.

Perhaps, but the one pair of linemates that have been a constant all year and have very rarely been broken up are Pageau-Pyatt, I doubt they aren't together as part of our checking line once the playoffs start.

 

[Studzle]

So do we have any updates on Karlsson? Last we saw he was limping.... Hoping this was just a heal in a few days type of thing and not a play at 70% in the playoffs kind of thing.

 

[GWNR]

So do we have any updates on Karlsson? Last we saw he was limping.... Hoping this was just a heal in a few days type of thing and not a play at 70% in the playoffs kind of thing.

He was walking without a limp yesterday.

 

[Studzle]

He was walking without a limp yesterday.

That's great to hear, I'll sleep a little easier going into Wednesday's game.

 

[BrawlFan]

Brass and Stone are playing together. Book it.

People forget how good Smith-Brass-Stone was before the injury

 

[Jorge Garcia]

Hoffman-Pageau-Stone
Macarthur-Turris-Ryan
Stalberg-Brassard-Burrows
Dzingel-Smith-Pyatt

Claesson-Karlsson
Methot-Ceci
Phaneuf-Wideman

Is what I'd hope to see game 1.

You don't want to see Boro continue his science project: transforming David Pastrnak's body into one giant bruise?

 

[pepty]

So according to Dorion Methot is okay and only seemed to be in agony in the video because he was being bag skated.