Speculation: Post Full-Season Lockout All Star Team

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Hillen should in no way be on the Dud list.

 

[TRASHCAT]

Lol almost all our best defensemen are ones on the current roster. Gotta be reason #1 we havent won a cup yet.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

But wait, Jeff Schultz has won 1 Cup, that means he must be a better player than Ovi, no?
#HawksFanLogic

 

[Hivemind]

Surprised to see Laich at C on some of these lineups. His best years were at LW, no?

Sort of. Yes, he was a LW at even strength during his most productive years, but the bulk of his scoring those years came on the powerplay. His even strength production didn't really change all that much between LW and C. His initial decline occurred because his PP production went down.

To me, the best he ever looked at even-strength was on the Chimera-Laich-Ward line while it carried us for a while during Ward's first season in Washington. Then everything went to hell that season, Bruce was fired, and Laich got promoted up the line-up due to the Backstrom injury.

 

[BrooklynCapsFan]

Sort of. Yes, he was a LW at even strength during his most productive years, but the bulk of his scoring those years came on the powerplay. His even strength production didn't really change all that much between LW and C. His initial decline occurred because his PP production went down.

To me, the best he ever looked at even-strength was on the Chimera-Laich-Ward line while it carried us for a while during Ward's first season in Washington. Then everything went to hell that season, Bruce was fired, and Laich got promoted up the line-up due to the Backstrom injury.

Peak Laich was the Bureau of Labor Statistics line that Bruce threw out in the postseason a few times.

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