Line Combos: With Matthews+Nylander back, What does the roster look like?

jaric1862

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Who gets waived? What do the lines look like?

I think they look something like this

Marleau-Matthews-Nylander
Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Johnsson-Kadri-Kapanen
Leivo-Lindholm-Brown
Gauthier

Rielly-Hainsey
Gardiner-Zaitsev
Dermott-Ozhiganov
Marincin-Holl

Andersen
Sparks
 
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typicalsavage

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Hyman - Tavares - Marner
Johnsson - Matthews - Nylander
Marleau - Kadri - Kapanen
Ennis - Lindholm - Brown
Leivo/Gauthier

Rielly - Hainsey
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Dermott - Ozhiganov
Holy

Andersen
Sparks
 

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Marleau - Matthews - Nylander
Hyman - Tavares - Marner
Johnsson - Kadri - Kapanen
Ennis/Leivo - Lindholm - Brown
Gauthier
 

Kiwi

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Hyman Tavares Marner
Johnsson Matthews Nylander
Marleau Kadri Kapanen
Leivo Lindholm Brown
Gauthier

Ennis gets waivers or traded

Rielly Hainsey
Gardiner Zaitsev
Dermott Ozhiganov
Marincin Holl

Andersen
Sparks
 
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Intact

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Waive goat or Marincin. I would put both Leivo and Ennis in the lineup over Brown even though I know this won't happen.

What I think:

Marleau-Matthews-Nylander
Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Johnsson-Kadri-Kapanen
Ennis-Lindholm-Brown

What I want:

Johnsson-Matthews-Nylander
Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Marleau-Kadri-Kapanen
Leivo-Lindholm-Ennis
 

Walshy7

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Hyman Tavares Marner
Johnsson Matthews Nylander
Marleau Kadri Kapanen
Leivo Lindholm Brown
Gauthier

Ennis gets waivers or traded

Rielly Hainsey
Gardiner Zaitsev
Dermott Ozhiganov
Marincin Holl

Andersen
Sparks

brown traded is for the best imo. Ennis outperforming him for less shows we dont need a $2.1M 30 point forward as much as people thought we would
 
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dubplatepressure

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Why not? He's a decent 4th line winger, nothing more

I'm not keeping that to waive a center or defenseman when our depth in those positions is questionable

Because he's a decent 4th line winger, and you need those down the stretch. We don't have to waive anyone IIRC.
 

Kiwi

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brown traded is for the best imo. Ennis outperforming him for less shows we dont need a $2.1M 30 point forward as much as people thought we would

I'd trade Brown as well but no way is Babcock going to have that
He's also a front line penalty killer, he's not going so Ennis can stay imo
 
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LeafsOHLRangers98

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I would assume Holl goes on a conditioning stint just as Liljegren/Sandin leave for world junior camps and we don't waive anybody for the time being.

I would leave the Kadri and Tavares lines together, theu have good chemistry now and bumped down a line they could dominate.

Have a weird feeling Lindholm becomes new Hyman/Komarov and Babcock tries to make sense of it while many passes by Nylander and Matthews get missed.

Lindholm-Matthews-Nylander
Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Marleau-Kadri-Kapanen
Ennis-Gauthier-Brown
Leivo/Johnsson(tie goes to vet)

Rielly-Hainsey
Gardiner-Zaitsev
Dermott-Ozhiganov
Marincin
 

dubplatepressure

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He's a genuine RD, about the only depth one we've got

We ditch him it's LD on there wrong hand (Marincin, Rosen) and we know how Babcock feels about that

Point taken, but the dude has played 1 game all year. It's either him or Marincin IMO.
 

Kiwi

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Point taken, but the dude has played 1 game all year. It's either him or Marincin IMO.

I'm not against firing Marincin into the sun but I get the feeling Dubas is a fan, of him and Holl

The forwards look good (all of them) but when the two guys you bring in both go up front I think it makes sense to ax a forward off the roster
 

saltming

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Did you just put Lindholm on the Matthews line?
It's official Salt, your losing your mind, did Sparks break you?
Your first mistake was to assume I had a mind to lose :laugh:

I would put him there to start just to get Matthews back in the swing. Throw that line some easier come to start, a few games later mix it up.

That said I dont think Lindholm would look bad there for a short spell
 
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Kiwi

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Your first mistake was to assume I had a mind to lose :laugh:

I would put him there to start just to get Matthews back in the swing. Throw that line some easier come to start, a few games later mix it up.

That said I dont think Lindholm would look bad there for a short spell

I'd put Johnsson with them and give then favourable matchup and zone starts, the put Lindholm on the 4th line and have them and Kadri do the "heavy lifting" until they settle in
 

saltming

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I'd put Johnsson with them and give then favourable matchup and zone starts, the put Lindholm on the 4th line and have them and Kadri do the "heavy lifting" until they settle in
That's not a bad idea either. My thought is they will need some grit and johnsson doesn't have a big supply of grit
 

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