I feel so bad for Schwartzy. He was starting to establish himself as an elite talent and bad luck strikes again. I don't necessarily agree that Vladi needs to put the team on his shoulders but if there is ever a time for him to come out of his goal scoring funk it is right now. He has been playing well and getting chances, just needs to find the back of the net.
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converseman54
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Jaskin's been great on the 4th line so I would hesitate to move him up. Hope one of the other guys can at least be serviceable in the 3RW role (which so far hasn't really been the case)
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The way I see it, you have Tarasenko and Steen who have the heavy shots and are the biggest scoring threat. I've always preferred to spread it out than load up one line.
Jaskin has no place on the top line. Steen needs to be kept on the left side. that's my opinion.
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Statistically speaking, while the sample size is extremely small, Tarasenko produces best with Jaskin.
When you also consider we have 2 top nine forwards out, one was in the minors and another depth player injured, Jaskin is really all we got. Loading up on one line won't work unless the trio is Schwartz, Schenn and Tarasenko because they work so well together. Steen has looked like dog shit and is not nearly as good as Schwartz.
Lastly, we ice Thorburn who belongs nowhere near a roster spot, a spot in the lineup, so why not put Jaskin on the top line?
As for the Steen on RW thing, they could swap him with Sobotka but choose not to.
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converseman54
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When Thorburn is scratched he's been playing 4th line. Other times he's been bounced between lines, mostly seeing 3rd line time but sometimes 2 or even 1. I don't know the stats behind it but seems he's been more productive with Upshall and Brodziak
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I think we have to run
Sobotka - Schenn - Frank
Steen - Stas - BergDawg
Who cares- who cares - who cares
Upshall - Brodz - Jaskin
Might as well just revert that 3rd line to what it use to be at the beginning of the year. This Schwartz injury is a serious kick in the nads.
Sobotka - Schenn - Frank
Steen - Stas - BergDawg
Who cares- who cares - who cares
Upshall - Brodz - Jaskin
Might as well just revert that 3rd line to what it use to be at the beginning of the year. This Schwartz injury is a serious kick in the nads.
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Completely agree. 4th line will get some more minutes now, deservingly, so hopefully it’s Jaskin and not Thorburn. I’d even try out a kid line of Blais-Barby-Thompson for a game. Just see what it looks like. They’d be more of a 4th line anyway.
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Wouldn't hate the kids line idea for a game like this with 17 and 27 out against a very mediocre team. I'd just much rather keep Paajarvi Sundqvist and Thorburn as limited as possible, although I do think that Paajarvi And Sundy are decent enough defensively to not hurt us.
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Michael Scarn
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Yeah Paajarvi and Sundqvist do their job so a “kid line” wouldn’t happen until after this tough stretch of games. All around tough situation. Here’s where the Blues need one of those dominant stretches from Berglund. He’s good for one mammoth 10 game stretch a year.
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Barb has played reasonably well with Tank in the past, so I am going to make a couple of changes.
Steen, Stas, Schenn
Tank, Barb, Sobi
MSP, Berglund, sundstrom
Usual.
That really looks rough. But Barb players best at center, I like Berglund at center also. Why not move Schenn to RW and play him with Stas to see what they look like together.
On a side note, any update on Sanford???
Steen, Stas, Schenn
Tank, Barb, Sobi
MSP, Berglund, sundstrom
Usual.
That really looks rough. But Barb players best at center, I like Berglund at center also. Why not move Schenn to RW and play him with Stas to see what they look like together.
On a side note, any update on Sanford???
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