What concerns me about the 65-92-14 line is actually whether or not they'll stand up defensively against the Pens - in their latter regular season scoring drought they weren't that strong defensively.
I'm reluctant, too, to break up the top line when it's just found its groove again - although splitting up Ovi and Backstrom, if they can continue to score, would be very useful in terms of match ups.
I'd like to see more of MJ and Beagle together, and less of them with Chimera. Given the offensive chances Winnick has been creating of late, I wonder what a Winnick-X-Burakovsky line would be like? I don't want 65 there if he'll be a liability, but imagine if he's the guy Winnick could pass to...
This team has enormous depth and talent - it's just not clicking. Some of that's on Trotz (what did MJ do to deserve being paired with Richards?!) and some on the players (hey, second line.). I really hope they figure out what isn't working between now and game 1, because we will lose if Trotz takes a 'stay the course' approach to our lines.
Defensively we were as sharp as we've ever been - and credit to Schmidt to seamlessly transitioning back into that top-4 role, and players like Oshie and MJ stepping up. Offensively we were blunt like we haven't been all year. Pray for power plays (in our favour)...