Lord Stan 2020
Elite fan
Ideally I'd like Dats and Z apart. If you're gonna put them together, a right handed sniper like Semin would be ideal. I'd love to see Tatar up there to be honest. Ain't happening though. I do understand why Gator is there or if Bert were to be up there for their big body/aggression/corners etc. whatever. That line needs someone that will create space and pose a threat to the other team so Dats and Z have more freedom out there. That also goes back to why the hell are they together? A lot easier to shut those two down if they're on the same line and some non-threat rummy is on the wing....
LOL size does not create space by having a guy like abby or bert. SKILL CREATES SPACE.
DID Zetterberg hudler and fippula have size? Does MALONE or PURCELL CREATE SPACE FOR STAMKOS AND MARTY?
What sport are you watching? For power play you need a guy who will get into the net and snipers or scorers etc.. helps a lot if back end defenders can get the puck to net too. That is something detroit has been lacking for a couple of years.
But if you have the body you better have THE SKILL to use your hands at the net.
Otherwise your better off with puck possession guys who can pass and move very well.
Either puck possession control and speed create space. You got two guys great at that you have a third or fourth in cleary and abby who are just flat out WORTHLESS at it. Abby will bang the wall but more often than not he screws up and trips someone when loses the puck cause he is not that great at possession control.
Tatar would be best with zetterberg and datsyuk imo. Maybe nyquist who is better at passing and puck control but they could use a goal scorer who would go into dirty area like cleary used to be able to who has good hands at that.
Size is not all that much unless is power play. IS HEART and skill stick handling speed etc.. Than how hard you are to get off the puck etc..
Alfie weiss and franzen will be ok as second line so is no biggie to have zetterberg and datsyuk together. Is not the same as was in past. We have more skill than before a true 2nd line center so they dont need to be split necessarily.
Tatar datsyuk and zetterberg make a lot of sense to me. Second line of weiss alfie and franzen makes sense.
To put say zetterberg and alfie together is ok but I cant envision good lines at all honestly with that I would say nyquist and not tatar would be right choice so you got weiss franzen and datsyuk? Or you drop weiss to third line? figure out who datsyuk can actually mesh with? So second line would probably be abby franzen and datsyuk?
Yeah that is productive THROW UP. Weiss Tatar bertuzzi on third? That might not be too bad but I HATE THE SECOND LINE HATE HATE HATE. Third line would more than likely be cleary and not tatar so again burying the skilled young energy guys who we actually need a lot more than people seem to realize.