What's Your Postseason Lineup

[AllAboutAvs]

Can anybody tell me our records last year and this year when both Landy and Nuke are out at the same time? I bet that is not pretty.

 

[shadow1]

Can anybody tell me our records last year and this year when both Landy and Nuke are out at the same time? I bet that is not pretty.

I literally just looked this up, but only for this season: 12-16-1 without Nichushkin (and therefore also Landeskog).

22-5-4 with him.

 

[Linds]

I dont even know why im reading anything Avs related. It just pisses me off again that the GM just punted this season and wlthe Avs may never get back to this point again. Any roster with JTC in your top 6 is going to get crushed in the playoffs. JB sees eller as a 3C but he was playing 4c on the caps for the past 2 years

 

[Polite HKYDiscussion]

I literally just looked this up, but only for this season: 12-16-1 without Nichushkin (and therefore also Landeskog).

22-5-4 with him.

We’d be the goddamn Bruins of the west if Nuke played all year.

 

[niwotsblessing]

We’d be the goddamn Bruins of the west if Nuke played all year.

We'd be the 2001 Avs if Nuke and Landy had played all year.

 

[CobraAcesS]

It's not about expectations, it's about who others teams have in that spot that Compher will be competing against:

Vegas - William Karlsson
Edmonton - Leon Draisaitl
L.A - Phillip Danault
Winnipeg - Mark Scheifele

Boston - David Krejci
NYR - Vincent Trocheck
Toronto - John Tavares
Tampa Bay - Anthony Cirelli
New Jersey - Nico Hischier

I don't think Compher wins any of those matchups. I think he beats out guys like Kotkaniemi (Carolina), Seguin (Dallas), and whoever Minnesota/Seattle have on their 2nd lines. That's not a lot, though.

Interesting way to look at it lol.

That’s fair, but how does Rantanen fair against the wings on their lines? How does Makar matchup against opposing teams number one defenceman? How does Georgiev fair against the goaltenders in the West?

It’s a team game.

I think more about how our wings stack up against other teams defense, and how our defense stacks against other teams wings.

If a team was ever built to actually win like this it's us. Except those pieces need to actually play, and at a peak level.

One alternative, tho very unlikely, option is to put Erod next to Mack to get the best out of him, and put Rantanen at 2C.

Erod-Mack-Nuke
Landy-Rants-Lehky
Newhook-Eller-JTC
Cogs/Nieto-Helm-LOC

Again, not likely but it's an option, probably more likely if JTC gets hurt.

Interesting how one guy up there just seems to push everyone into the more correct level of the lineup.

At this point I’d probably go with this. Assuming Landeskog is good to go…

Lehkonen - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Landeskog - Compher - Nichushkin
Cogliano - Newhook - O’Connor
Nieto - Eller - Rodrigues

Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
Byram - E. Johnson

Georgiev
Francouz (?)

At this point I think E-Rod has to be a fourth liner and power play specialist. He can’t be trusted with a higher role. I also liked the third line before Eller arrived. Have him center the fourth and I think they’re as good as they’re going to get.

Not really. Kadri his first season was exactly what a 2C is supposed to be. He just happened to save his best for last.

JT2C is fine but they really needed to upgrade the 3C position. Eller was an honest attempt at that but it might be too little too late.

Yeah, I would have been happy with another Compher level esq player. That at least would have made the bottom six without JTC stronger.

I literally just looked this up, but only for this season: 12-16-1 without Nichushkin (and therefore also Landeskog).

22-5-4 with him.

Lmao, yeah our horses are beat up. One may be done, but if they can play they'll have an impact. We'll see if it's enough.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

I literally just looked this up, but only for this season: 12-16-1 without Nichushkin (and therefore also Landeskog).

22-5-4 with him.

Thanks for doing this. I bet last season was very much the same.

This team seems to need at least one of them to succeed. IMO it comes back to what I have been saying a few times now. Their productions are important but IMO it is more the way they play that the team is missing when both are out at the same time. They both bring a strong two way game, win a lot of board battles, go to the dirty areas, ect. And in Landy's case let's not forget his leadership.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Thanks for doing this. I bet last season was very much the same.

This team seems to need at least one of them to succeed. IMO it comes back to what I have been saying a few times now. Their productions are important but IMO it is more the way they play that the team is missing when both are out at the same time. They both bring a strong two way game, win a lot of board battles, go to the dirty areas, ect. And in Landy's case let's not forget his leadership.

I think they both lead by example as well. Seeing those guys play like warriors every night has an impact.

 

[Avaholic29]

Hear me out, we should turn malgin into our version of bunting.

Malgin - Mackinnon - Nichushkin
Landeskog - Compher - Rantanen
Lehkonen - Newhook - Rodrigues
Cogliano - Eller - O’Connor

 

[Linds]

Hear me out, we should turn malgin into our version of bunting.

Malgin - Mackinnon - Nichushkin
Landeskog - Compher - Rantanen
Lehkonen - Newhook - Rodrigues
Cogliano - Eller - O’Connor

Malgin has actually been good the past few games

 

[Bender]

Hear me out, we should turn malgin into our version of bunting.

Malgin - Mackinnon - Nichushkin
Landeskog - Compher - Rantanen
Lehkonen - Newhook - Rodrigues
Cogliano - Eller - O’Connor

Just to see the Leafs fans reaction would be worth it.

They tried to get the Dryden Hunt version of Dryden Hunt but they couldn't even get that. hahaha