I posted this in another thread but felt that it was worth keeping in here since I had to do some digging.
Without Hall in the lineup:
RNH's 1st stretch 11/4/14-11/13/14
6gp. 2-4-6 -1 22sog.
RNH's 2nd stretch 1/25/15-1/31/15
4gp. 0-3-3 Ev 9sog.
RNH's 3rd stretch 2/4/15-3/18/15
19gp. 8-11-19 -4 54sog.
With Hall returning on 3/21, he assisted on RNH's GWG but played less ES minutes than Pouliot so I'm assuming that Pouliot was still with the RNH line at ES.
RNH 3/21/15-4/2/15 (IIRC he got his ankle hurt against Colorado so either the 3/25 or 3/30 game)
7gp. 4-2-6 -1 18sog.
So when RNH was not playing with Hall:
36gp. 14-20-34 -6 103sog.
Prorated to a full season: 32-46-78 -14 235sog.
Just goes to show we really shouldn't break up the Pouliot - Nuge - Eberle line
I agree. The line cycles well, Pouliot goes to the hard areas and has quality finish, and by putting Hall elsewhere it lets Nuge carry the puck more. I feel like Pouliot often gets forgotten about on that line by other teams when they are busy trying to contain Nuge and Ebs.
Yeah, I would definitely keep RNH with Poo and Ebs
Wouldn't mind seeing something like this for the first 9 games next season
Pouliot/RNH/Eberle
Hall/McDavid/Ward
Draisaitl/Lander/Yakupov
Wagon Line
Yeah, I would definitely keep RNH with Poo and Ebs
Wouldn't mind seeing something like this for the first 9 games next season
Pouliot/RNH/Eberle
Hall/McDavid/Ward
Draisaitl/Lander/Yakupov
Wagon Line
Pouliot-RNH-Eberle half of top comps
Hall-McDavid-Yak Easy comp/sheltered
Draisaitl-Lander-Ward/Frolik/Eriksson Other half of top comp
Wagon Heavy dzone starts and #1 pk team
All 3 lines can score, you have 2 lines that can manage top lines so RNHs line can have time away from hard match ups, with yak on the 3rd line you cant do that. This line up other teams have to pick their poison and there really isnt a right answer between those 2 top lines.
Pouliot-RNH-Eberle half of top comps
Hall-McDavid-Yak Easy comp/sheltered
Draisaitl-Lander-Ward/Frolik/Eriksson Other half of top comp
Wagon Heavy dzone starts and #1 pk team
All 3 lines can score, you have 2 lines that can manage top lines so RNHs line can have time away from hard match ups, with yak on the 3rd line you cant do that. This line up other teams have to pick their poison and there really isnt a right answer between those 2 top lines.
There's no way any line with Hall on it is an easy competition/sheltered line. Especially on the road. I don't think you need to shelter McDavid that much either. Hall played top comp his first year and did fine, McDavid is supposed to be better.
Draistail - Lander - Yakupov is a terrifying thought. Not in a good way either.
There's no way any line with Hall on it is an easy competition/sheltered line. Especially on the road. I don't think you need to shelter McDavid that much either. Hall played top comp his first year and did fine, McDavid is supposed to be better.
Hall did fine. The team did not.Did fine? The Oilers finished dead last. Also playing center is harder than wing. I think it's an abvious decision to go with pairs, Hall-McDavid and Nuge-Eberle. Obviously Pouliot has looked really good next to Nuge-Eberle so i'd put him there too. Yakupov with Hall-McDavid might be pretty darn interesting as well. Young players can have individual success in situations like that but in the NHL it's all about team success and teenagers are just too inconsistent and error prone to be the guys you lean on. McDavid is obviously an exception and thankfully for us the forwards should be entering their prime in terms of two way effectiveness.
Hall did fine. The team did not.
He was tied for 2nd in team scoringNo he just didn't drown. The Oilers got beat regardless of who was on the ice, they just got beat less with Hall-Horcoff-Eberle.