"true" 2nd line/pairing calibre players?

[Paxon]

Buffalo:
- McCabe? (#4?)
- Ennis?
- Gionta?
- Foligno (4th? 3rd?)

McCabe: 2nd pair
Ennis: 3rd liner
Gionta, Foligno: Bottom 6

 

[MMC]

Tyler Bozak

 

[Paxon]

Maybe on a tanking team with no alternative, hell no on a contender.

A contender is too high a standard. There are only a few contenders.

 

[Hackett]

Petry is a true 2nd pairing guy. He has some bad stretches, but he's not bad enough to be a 3rd pairing guy, and not dynamic enough to be a great top pairing guy.

 

[Hyack57]

In his day a Brendan Morrison - Van. Naslund and Bertuzzi carried that line.

 

[NyQuil]

MacArthur, Brassard, Phaneuf

 

[ottawa]

60 point shutdown center is a lower tier first liner. He was 15th in points and 6th in goals among centers

History says he's due for another 40 point season next year...then he'll rebound with a good season then a bad one, and so on.

Too inconsistent to be even a 2nd liner some years, but I'll give him 2nd line anyways.

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

History says he's due for another 40 point season next year...then he'll rebound with a good season then a bad one, and so on.

Too inconsistent to be even a 2nd liner some years, but I'll give him 2nd line anyways.

well considering the fact he doesnt always play with top 6 players, his production has been shotty some years.

 

[ottawa]

well considering the fact he doesnt always play with top 6 players, his production has been shotty some years.

I agree, he is a product of better linemates.

 

[Tripod]

The names I have a hard time pinpointing are:

Philadelphia:
- Raffl

Raffl will likely be in the Flyers 4th line next year. He is at best a 3rd liner.

Lindblom Giroux Voracek
Konecny Couturier Schenn
Filppula #2 pick Simmonds

No room for Raffl in top 9.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I agree, he is a product of better linemates.

you mean like Connor Brown and Leo Komarov? Quit while you're behind

 

[Advanced stats]

Tyler Bozak

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

I agree, he is a product of better linemates.

well considering he's mostly played with these players over the last few years.
pa. parenteau
mike santorelli
connor brown
leo komarov
mason raymond
william nylander
joffery lupul
david clarkson
probably more worse player to list but i digress

You're either trolling or think very lowly of kadri.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Florida Panthers: Vincent Trocheck

 

[LordNeverLose]

Ok guys let's be real. Kadri is pretty clearly a low-end #1C. He most certainly is not a product of better linemates lol.

 

[Beautvillier]

I agree, he is a product of better linemates.

kadri is a first line center. don't knock a player because you don't like his team.

 

[Hogan86]

I agree, he is a product of better linemates.

Because Komarov and Connor Brown are the main reasons he scored 30 plus goals a season a third line shutdown guy. Get real.

 

[Eisen]

History says he's due for another 40 point season next year...then he'll rebound with a good season then a bad one, and so on.

Too inconsistent to be even a 2nd liner some years, but I'll give him 2nd line anyways.

40 points is pretty much a second liner at worst.

 

[Brewins]

Boston:
- Spooner? (2nd?)
- Vatrano? (3rd? 4th?)
- Krejci? (2nd?)

1st liner, plays on second line. Not top tier. But 1st line talent.

 

[Martinez]

Nyquist
Tatar
Dekeyser

 

[TheMalkinEra]

Since Kane line is Chicago best scoring line the past 2 years, i guess that Toews would be a 2nd line player.

 

[Neutral Hockey Fan]

Might be the most underrated player in the league

No. Ask any Finnish poster. He held Laine back in the last quarter of the season

 

[Neutral Hockey Fan]

Toews

 

[Smeagoal]

well considering he's mostly played with these players over the last few years.
pa. parenteau
mike santorelli
connor brown
leo komarov
mason raymond
william nylander
joffery lupul
david clarkson
probably more worse player to list but i digress

You're either trolling or think very lowly of kadri.

Those players would be 2nd liners though. Even Santorelli was playing on the Canucks second line before he was cut or lost to waivers or something lol.

 

[Benighted]

The entire St Louis Blues team minus Tarasenko.