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They shut out St Louis as well.
Post-Game Talk: Sens vs Nucks 10pm ET - March 20 2019 - TSN5,SNP
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stempniaksen
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We traded for him as a "plug" but I'll agree he's shown enough here to possibly have moved himself out of that category.
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I’ll be there too! Still deciding on the jersey selection though. Maybe OG Peluso!?
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C’mon Crow... you’ve gotta ride the hot hand in Nilsson, especially since he’ll be trying even harder to stop his former team.
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NILSSON is the main reason to watch this game.You just posted the only two reasons to watch this game
Nilsson vs Nucks 10pm ET - March 20 2019 - TSN5,SNP
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It would be nice to at least catch LA here down the stretch. It's also been nice to see the boys not just giving up on the season. They've been working hard, which has shown some character in the young group we have.
AchtzehnBaby
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Look at those lines.
Tkachuk-Pageau-Veronneau is CLEARLY the first line. I don't need someone to spell that out for me on Twitter.
I don't think any of those lines are CLEARLY the first line, they all look pretty equally bad. The lines will be thrown into a blender 5 minutes into the game. Good to know you don't need anyone to spell it out for you!
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I don't think any of those lines are CLEARLY the first line, they all look pretty equally bad. The lines will be thrown into a blender 5 minutes into the game. Good to know you don't need anyone to spell it out for you!
I think it's the only line that doesn't have at least one guy that is clearly a bottom 6 player (Paajarvi, Gibbons, Lindberg, Smith, Boedker).
Pageau and Veronneau are not top 6 players on any other decent team and especially Veronneau over such a small sample size but that could change.
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I'd call Pageau a middle six guy, he can slide into the top 6 and not hurt you, but your more comfortable with him as a 3rd liner. No team would have him as a 4th liner though (unless they have absurd center depth, like Toronto for example). The guys I listed all belong exclusively in the bottom 6, and shouldn't be sliding into that 2nd line ever imo.
The premise of the OP was that Veronneau playing above were any decent team would normally have him given his lack of experience, because of the state of our team (lack of better options), so using him as the reason the line isn't the 1st line doesn't really make much sense.
That said, I think the only other line you could throw him on out of that group and argue it is an improvement is the Balcers-Tierney line (replaces Paajarvi). I do think that Veronneau, even considering his lack of experience, is more conducive to a scoring line (ie #1 or #2) than Paajarvi, so again, I think the line of Tkachuk-Pageau-Veronneau is clearly the line that will be most likely looked to when offense is needed.
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Clearly the conversation is being had within the context of the players currently on the team.
That line is OUR first line. We can have a discussion about how it would compare against the rest of the league (I'm sure the answer would unanimously be "badly") if you want, but that will probably be a short discussion, as I don't think there's too many people around here that would disagree that the lineup, as currently built, has probably the worst forward depth in the league.
bert
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Oh its far and away the worst group of forwards in the league, hence why Veronneau is on the first line. He has showed more offensive ability in two games than most of the forwards have shown all season in regards to creating chances and getting into position to be a threat to score. Ofcourse that does not mean he is a first line player in the NHL he is just one of the only options here in Ottawa.
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Missing White really seals the deal on that.
I do look forward to next years group though; potentially adding Brown, Batherson and Formenton could go a long way.
Tkachuk-White-Batherson
Duclair-Brown-Veronneau
Formenton-Tierney-Ryan
Balcers-Pageau-Boedker
That to me looks like four lines that wouldn't look out of place as a 2A 2B line or a really solid 3rd line.
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Alex1234
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Agree
And ultimatly replace Bobby and Boedker by pre lockout drafted players for the FYOUS
D wise if you can get rid of Ceci and Boro and get JBD and Branström up
Line up would look ok
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Seems Chabot might have a bit of those Swedish superhuman recovery powers in him. Not so much for White.
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Even with Lafreniere, every rookie we have would need to hit their full potential for that to be a contending lineup. Still a lot of question marks in there imo. Brown, Duclair, Veronneau, Formenton and Balcers could all flop or top out as 3rd liners(and that's IF we retain Duclair).
I mean even after we get Lafreniere (if we're lucky enough to win the lottery..) we will still finish bottom 5 the next year and pick up an elite talent there as well. If those two players end up as elite as advertised we should be in the mix for a wildcard spot and hopefully the playoffs in 3 or 4 years.
