MacKinnon has no goals in 13. Duchene has 1 in his last 6 games. Landeskog has 1 goal in his last 10 games.
Yes, I'd say the depth scoring has been a big help in winning games.
Pre-Game Talk: Week of the Christmas Miracle (TOR, ARZ, @SJ)
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Yes, I'd say the depth scoring has been a big help in winning games.
Absolutely, Varlamov has helped no doubt but its been the depth lines that have provided the majority of the offense for us the during this good stretch we've had.
The Top line is struggling to score right now. They aren't necessarily struggling in general, as they are still getting lots of good offensive shifts, but they're missing chances and haven't been burying the biscuit much lately.
Its been the 2/3/4 lines that have been scoring the goals. I think Roy is absolutely right when he said that Mitchell changes the dynamic of this team. He's actually good enough offensively that he can play on an offensive minded line, which is what he's doing now with Iggy and Tanguay. And having him in the lineup allows us to run a 2nd and 3rd line that are both capable of scoring some goals for us.
Varlamov has certainly helped, but every top team in the league has a goalie that night in and night out can play at the level Varly has been playing at for us(Holtby, Rinne, Price, Quick). Varly has given us good goaltending that has given the rest of the players more confidence on the ice to go out and play the game they are meant to play. And its paying off in spades right now.
tigervixxxen
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Who was that interviewing on the radio? Is he going to be the new guy or was he just filling in? Not sure I want him long term but he did give the interview a new feel. The regular guys will never ask about anyone not on the roster, I tried sending in a Rantanen question at least 3x.
Roy said Berra is going to be out give or take 2 weeks. Which I suppose it could have been a lot worse.
Roy said Berra is going to be out give or take 2 weeks. Which I suppose it could have been a lot worse.
ASmileyFace
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Guess we get to see Picks again then. Bummer about Berra, I was really happy with his play as a backup this year.
It was the late night guy filling in. I'm assuming everyone else is on vacation.
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In my eyes out top six should consist of:
Duchene
MacKinnon
Landeskog
Soderberg
Grigorenko
Comeau
And the roles each of them bring should be split so both lines have a balance of speed, skill, physical play, defensive play. Therefore I propose lines splitting Duch/Mack, Soda/Greg, Comeau/Landeskog
Landekog-Soderberg-Duchene
Grigorenko-MacKinnon-Comeau
Mack/Duchene being the ones who switch if it doesn't work.
Duchene
MacKinnon
Landeskog
Soderberg
Grigorenko
Comeau
And the roles each of them bring should be split so both lines have a balance of speed, skill, physical play, defensive play. Therefore I propose lines splitting Duch/Mack, Soda/Greg, Comeau/Landeskog
Landekog-Soderberg-Duchene
Grigorenko-MacKinnon-Comeau
Mack/Duchene being the ones who switch if it doesn't work.
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Jayevs
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Thanks, guess those polls on the main boards went to my head
I'd kill to see Landeskog with Soderberg at this point either way. That line would be the most experienced offensively and defensively.
Something is going to have to happen if the 9 line does not start scoring when they come back from the break though.
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So... Chambers
I guess it's clear Roy has too much of a crush on the Marty - Soderberg - Comeau line to break them up.
That makes all of our line wishes go up in smoke.
Lets hope Iginla & Tanguay can get MacKinnon playing more selfish lol, we know for damn sure the other two won't be doing much. Either that or they'll turn the puck over so much MacK won't ever have it to do anything with.
I guess it's clear Roy has too much of a crush on the Marty - Soderberg - Comeau line to break them up.
That makes all of our line wishes go up in smoke.
Lets hope Iginla & Tanguay can get MacKinnon playing more selfish lol, we know for damn sure the other two won't be doing much. Either that or they'll turn the puck over so much MacK won't ever have it to do anything with.
ASmileyFace
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Bummer that Roy won't break up that second line. Demoting MacK to Tangs/Iggy seems like an odd choice. Those two need third line minutes, and nothing more.
dahrougem2
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Oh god Roy. So we're going to see Iginla and Tanguay likely getting around 19 minutes per night here?
tigervixxxen
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Probably not, he loves to Soderberg line too much to limit them. If anything that Mack line gets limited a bit.
dahrougem2
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Off topic, but you just had to go and change your avatar. This entire day I thought you were some random user I'd never seen before who really liked Rantanen
tigervixxxen
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Off topic, but you just had to go and change your avatar. This entire day I thought you were some random user I'd never seen before who really liked Rantanen
Lol, I'm not used to it either
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