Line Combos: What does our D look like with Meszaros?

[iiBruins17*]

Does he take over for Bartkowski? Does he play with Chara?

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[theswede2013]

It all depends on McQuaid coming back or not. I think he plays with Chara at first. Sliding Dougie down.

Chara - Mez
Boychuck - Dougie
Krug - Bart

I like that Defensive and offensive guy on each line.

 

[Trap Jesus]

Here's all the potential combos I can see. Only Wasrofsky and Potter have no chance at cracking the top 6 come playoff time, which should be great for competition.

1: Chara-Hamilton/Boychuk/Mezaros
2: Bartkowski/Mezaros-Boychuk/Hamilton
3: Krug-Miller/McQuaid
4: Mezaros/Bartkowski-McQuaid/Miller
5: Warsofsky-Potter

 

[Nose Face Killah]

Chara-Meszaros
Boychuk-Hamilton
Krug-Bart/McQuaid if he EVER comes back

 

[Trap Jesus]

It all depends on McQuaid coming back or not. I think he plays with Chara at first. Sliding Dougie down.

Chara - Mez
Boychuck - Dougie
Krug - Bart

I like that Defensive and offensive guy on each line.

All guys are the same hand on each pairing there. If you went with this it might be more realistic:

Chara-Mez
Bart-Boychuk
Krug-Hamilton

 

[Dellstrom]

I think we see:

Chara-Hamilton
Mez-Boychuk
Krug-Bart
Miller/Potter

until McQuaid is healthy. Then Bart is our 7th guy. If that doesn't work out, play him with Chara... Z-Mez, Bart-Boychuk, Krug-Hamilton. Or rotate all of them throughout the game. But I think we'll see that.

 

[Wilhelm Scream]

Chara Hamilton
Mezsaros Boychuk
Krug Miller

 

[BruinsBtn]

Man, I hope Quaider comes back.

 

[TCL40]

A huge part of me things Mcquaid isn't returning this season.

I think Bart/Mezsaros/Miller fight it out.

Boychuk, Dougie, Krug aren't leaving the line up.

I would like to see Bart and Boychuk separated-for some reason that pairing is just scary.

 

[iiBruins17*]

I'd do

Chara-Meszaros
Boychuk-Dougie
Krug-Miller/Mcquaid
Bartkowski

No way in ****ing hell would I put Krug and Bartkowski together

 

[LSCII]

Weak?

 

[Eddie Munson]

I could picture the typical
Chara-Dougie
Mez-Boychuk
Krug-Miller/McQuaid

It also wouldn't shock me to see Shawn Thornton in the press box and Julien dress 7 D. Bart could then be thrown in the mix and Krug limited to PPs and offensive zone starts.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Chara-Hamilton 30 minutes
Boychuk-Miller 20 minutes
Krug- ??? PP time+remaining ES time

 

[Sheppy]

Our Defense looks like this with Meszaros:

Chara - Hamilton
Boychuk - Bartkowski
McQuaid - Krug

 

[KrejciMVP]

hit the pine Mez, you`ll play when one of our Dmen go down

 

[Alberta_OReilly_Fan]

chara will play a lot... and play with all the right side dmen.

krug/bartwoski will get whatever left side icetime is available behind chara and will probably be paired up with boychuck for a lot of it

im guessing the most common pairs will be
chara with Hamilton/Meszorov
bartowski with boychuck

and the other 12-14 mins per night will be pp time where krug gets his ice... and ***** where we either have a big lead or need a comeback where krug also gets more icetime

 

[KrejciMVP]

Our Defense looks like this with Meszaros:

Chara - Hamilton
Boychuk - Bartkowski
McQuaid - Krug

lol agreed, although Miller in place of Mcquaid

 

[theswede2013]

All guys are the same hand on each pairing there. If you went with this it might be more realistic:

Chara-Mez
Bart-Boychuk
Krug-Hamilton

I wasn't thinking on handedness. In regards to ice time, could Dougie be the one scratched come playoff time?

 

[qc]

I just hope Mes feels rejuvenated and raises his game. One of the more favorable systems for defensemen, he just might work out.

Going from Phi to Bos is pretty much a make-a-wish.

 

[zaYG]

Chara - Hamilton
Meszaros - Boychuk
Krug - Miller
Bart/Potter

I don't feel completely terrible about this but it doesn't leave me super optimistic either.

 

[KrejciMVP]

I wasn't thinking on handedness. In regards to ice time, could Dougie be the one scratched come playoff time?

god I hope not, are we looking to lose again in the finals?

 

[don]

Chara - Hamilton
Meszaros - Boychuk
Krug - Miller
Bart/Potter

I don't feel completely terrible about this but it doesn't leave me super optimistic either.

I put Bartkowski ahead of Krug. Meszaros (I wish they'd get guys whose names are easier to spell) is also offensive minded but more experienced than Krug. Bartkowski is better on D.

 

[member 96824]

It could look like

Chara-Mesz
Hamilton-Boychuk
Krug-Miller

It could also look identical to what it did yesterday

 

[Trap Jesus]

I just hope Mes feels rejuvenated and raises his game. One of the more favorable systems for defensemen, he just might work out.

Going from Phi to Bos is pretty much a make-a-wish.

Yeah, the system does seem to be great for d-men, and it's been very rewarding for goalscoring in particular, which Mezaros may take advantage of. The only d-men that have really struggled over the past few years have been Kaberle and Corvo, and even then I wouldn't say they really struggled to a considerable degree.

Edit: *Meszaros lol. I've been spelling his name wrong forever.

 

[Greek_physique]

Chara - Dougie
Bart - Boychuk
Krug - Mez

Then eventually I see Mez moving up and Dougie dropping to the 3rd line.