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

[m1ker]

Keep kap away from Matthews unless we want to pay him Nylander money

 

[TmlHockeyFan]

Probably will be:

Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Marleau-Matthews-Melander
Brown-Kadri-Kapanen
Leivo/Ennis-Lindholm-Johnson

Hoping Leivo gets the spot over Ennis.

 

[Peiskos]

Up front

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

 

[Eric bungay]

To be honest I would like to see brown sit an Ennis on Kadri's line or Leivo and the other play on the forth line !!! Just to see how it goes.. But I figure once Nylander is back its Leivo or Ennis is sitting !!! I would also like to see Kap on the left side of Matty an Nylander I think that line would be really fun to watch !!

 

[LeafingTheWay]

The best balanced lineup we could put out:

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

Does this happen? No. But I'd love it.

 

[HabsInsider]

Peak lineup:

Hyman - Tavares - Marner (The All-Toronto Line)
Kapanen - Matthews - Nylander (The Imported Line)
Marleau - Kadri - Johnsson (The Sparkplug Line)
Ennis - Lindholm - Brown (The 'New Guy' Line, mostly)
Leivo/Gauthier

Rielly - Hainsey
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Dermott - Ozhiganov
Holl

Andersen
Sparks

 

[TMLeafs17]

It’s so clear that Marleau belongs with Kadri.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

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

 

[HandshakeLineRespect]

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

Rielly - Hainsey
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Dermott - Ozhiganov
Holy

Andersen
Sparks

This.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

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

Babs has also played the hell out on Ron Hainsey for several years on his wrong side. I don't completely buy into Babs obsession with proper handedness with his dmen. Or maybe Hainsey is his exception, who knows. Babcock falls in love with certain players and I think it's his weakness as a coach. Hainsey shouldn't be on the top pairing and Hyman shouldn't be in the top 6.

 

[Willy Stylez]

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

Lets goo!

 

[Jayan]

Probably will be:

Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Marleau-Matthews-Melander
Brown-Kadri-Kapanen
Leivo/Ennis-Lindholm-Johnson

Hoping Leivo gets the spot over Ennis.

You guys been hiding some talent named Melander from the rest of us?

Hehe, seriously tho... wow what a sick roster you guys have!!

Hope to see a great cup run for once now that we wont be contending.

 

[TML Dynasty]

Marner Matthews Nylander
Matthews Tavares Marner
Nylander Matthews Tavares
Kadri Kadri Kadri

 

[Nooodles]

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

Rielly - Hainsey
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Dermott - Ozhiganov
Holl

Andersen
Sparks

 

[Jackson14]

Marner Matthews Nylander
Matthews Tavares Marner
Nylander Matthews Tavares
Kadri Kadri Kadri

I like it but I don't see Babcock ever doing this.

 

[Not My Tempo]

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

Rielly - Dermott
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Hainsey - Ozhiganov

 

[Budz22]

Probably will be:

Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Marleau-Matthews-Melander
Brown-Kadri-Kapanen
Leivo/Ennis-Lindholm-Johnson

Hoping Leivo gets the spot over Ennis.

Oh boy.

 

[ULF_55]

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

 

[crump]

OMG Does this mean Marty Marincin gets waived?

 

[crump]

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

What are you playing at ULF.

 

[BAM]

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

Did you forget to take your meds again?

 

[Buds17]

OMG Does this mean Marty Marincin gets waived?

That's my guess. I find the forward situation potentially more interesting. Is that a matter of a rotation, or is a trade on the horizon?

 

[saltming]

Johnsson Matthews Nylander (rush line)
Hyman Tavares Marner (cycle line)
Marleau Kadri Kapanen (match up line)
Ennis Lindholm Brown (safe line)

 

[thewave]

Operation make William Nylander 1+ P/GP player must start immediately. That means 80 seconds or so AVG per PP time etc. O-Zone starts and all the rest. Basically ensure he has max trade value. I think it should be a player who can finish on the LW as well, not a scrub.

 

[Liminality]

It’s so clear that Marleau belongs with Kadri.

I'm starting to go along this line of thinking too. If we're going by the pairs system.
____-Matthews-Nylander
____-Tavares-Marner
Marleau-Kadri-____

Fill in Hyman, Johnsson and Kapanen where need be. If Johnsson continues to improve and Kapanen can switch to the LW, there's some interesting combinations that can be done.