I thought up these lines while bored at class, my idea was to isolate the worst players with two guys who have been doing well. First two lines are offensive focussed and bottom two lines are going to be focussed on a hard forecheck.
Bertuzzi - Larkin - Mantha - By far the best line, Bert and Larkin have been working hard and creating offense, Mantha is struggling but he should start scoring soon.
Athanasiou - Nielsen - Nyquist - Nielsen is the guy who has been struggling, Nyquist and AA have been creating some offense. I think Nielsen will do better with some guys who can finish as he's supposed to be a playmaker, he's on a short leash though. Ehn and Glendening could slot in here and do as well as Nielsen has been doing recently
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Helm - Glendening - Vanek - Helm and Glendening have been forechecking well, doing the standard bottom six things. Not looking for a ton from this line offensively. Vanek is on a short leash as Abdelkader's style would fit better on this line (but I don't have him in the lineup as of now).
Rasmussen - Ehn - Frk - A young, exciting forechecking line. Going to make a lot of mistakes but will have some flashed. Frk and Ehn are the two who have been doing well and Rasmussen is still warming up to the NHL. I've been really impressed with Ehn which is why I trust him to center this line.
Abdelkader and Witkowski in the press box.