Your forwards lineup when/if all are healthy

[Habs100]

We have a "Your D pairings when/if all are healthy" thread.

Let's have one for the forwards.

If Drouin, Lehkonen, and Scherbak were to come back and no other injuries were to occur..

if Scherbak and Carr prove themselves:

Byron Drouin Galchenyuk
Paciroetty Danault Shaw
Hudon Plekanec Gallagher
Scherbak De la Rose Lehkonen
Carr

or

Byron Drouin Galchenyuk
Paciroetty Danault Gallagher
Lehkonen Plekanec Shaw
Scherbak Hudon Carr/De la Rose

Either way, don't give the opposition time to breath. Have 4 lines coming at them all game.

If Scherbak can continue where he left off (to me he's already proven he belongs if he wasn't just playing on recent-call-up-adrenaline) and Carr can prove himself, we have too many top 9 forwards and 15 forwards. Who is out of the top 9? Who is out of the top 12?

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[DramaticGloveSave]

I think it's just a matter of figuring out who to play with Drouin/Chucky and the 4th line as the middle six is set.

Galchenyuk-Drouin-Lehk/Scherby
Pacioretty-Danault-Shaw
Hudon-Plekanec-Gallagher
Byron-DLR-Deslaurier/Carr

 

[Habs100]

I think it's just a matter of figuring out who to play with Drouin/Chucky and the 4th line as the middle six is set.

Galchenyuk-Drouin-Lehk/Scherby
Pacioretty-Danault-Shaw
Hudon-Plekanec-Gallagher
Byron-DLR-Deslaurier/Carr

I would be real interested to see how a Galchneyuk Drouin Scherbak line would do. But so far I like Byron there better than Lehkonen.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

I would be real interested to see how a Galchneyuk Drouin Scherbak line would do. But so far I like Byron there better than Lehkonen.

I think there's a chance Lehkonen was hurt and that he returns and looks like the guy who finished the year as a legit top 6.

Byron I'd plug onto the 4th, not that he's been bad at all, just the 4th has been a mess and his speed and aggressive style would help make the 4th line work imo.

Scherbak is the wildcard.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Lehkonen - Drouin - Galchenyuk
Pacioretty - Danault - Shaw
Hudon - Plekanec - Gallagher
Byron - De la Rose - Hemsky

Top 9 is easy to decide
4th line is a bit harder. I would prefer to have Carr there over De la Rose, but we need a center on that line.
I also think Hemsky will rebound

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

I think there's a chance Lehkonen was hurt and that he returns and looks like the guy who finished the year as a legit top 6.

Byron I'd plug onto the 4th, not that he's been bad at all, just the 4th has been a mess and his speed and aggressive style would help make the 4th line work imo.

Scherbak is the wildcard.

Yea, they said Lehkonen was playing through an injury, and at some point it became unbearable so they had to take him out.
He also clearly wasn't playing like himself. He had trouble shooting the puck and even making passes.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Yea, they said Lehkonen was playing through an injury, and at some point it became unbearable so they had to take him out.
He also clearly wasn't playing like himself. He had trouble shooting the puck and even making passes.

Ya I think you give him a chance upon his return, and if he continues to struggle, you give Scherbak a shot.

 

[EveryDay]

I would like to see that line try sometimes in the season to see to see Drouin could do with our two most working forwards on the team. Both really like to shoot as well and could be feed by Drouin.


Hudon-Drouin-Gallagher

 

[No More Subban]

Drouin Galchenyuk Gallagher
Pacioretty Danault Lehkonen
Byron Shaw Scherbak
Hudon Plekanec Carr

 

[Goldenhands]

Scherbak will probably needs alot of time to overcome that severe injury and get back at the level he was post injury, so expect him to play at least a full month with Laval..

 

[Jakomyte]

Pacioretty-Danault-Shaw
Byron-Drouin-Lehkonen
Hudon-Galchenyuk-Gallagher
De La Rose-Plekanec-Carr

Won't happen at all, but its what I think would be best to have 3 strong lines, each with 2 skilled grinders and a talented guy that can finish plays, and then a 4th line that would be used a fair bit for defensive assignments, face offs, PP/PK, etc.

 

[voyageur]

I'd like to see Hudon instead of Byron on the top, or at least scoring line, and keep Plekanec and Byron together, as they are the top PK tandem.

Hudon-Drouin-Galchenyuk
Byron-Plekanec-Gallagher
Pacioretty-Danault-Shaw
Deslauriers-DeLaRose-Lehkonen
Carr and either Cracknell or Froese as reserves. If Mete comes back from the WJHC subtract a forward.

Terry-McCarron-Sherbak as the top line in Laval.

 

[PriceIsGod]

After tonight clearly

Hudon-Drouin-Gallagher
Galchenyuk-DeLaRose-Byron
Pacioretty-Danault-Lehkonen
Sherbak-Plekanec-Shaw


This is the way to go
For real tho If JDR keeps it going with chucky and Byron why not try Drouin with Hudon and Gallagher... That could do serious damage

 

[Habs100]

please delete

 

[CauZuki]

Lekhonen - Galchenyuk - Drouin
Pacioretty - Danault - Gallagher
Byron - Plekanec - Hudon
Deslauriers/Carr - DLR - Shaw

Jerabek - Weber
Alzner - Petry
Schlemko - Benn
Morrow

 

[Johnny31]

Byron - Drouin - Galch
Hudon - Plek - Gallacher
Lekh- Danault- Shaw
Pacc- De la rose- Deslaurier

See what you can get on the market for Pacc

 

[TT1]

Hudon - Drouin - Gallagher/Galchenyuk
Pacioretty - Danault - Gallagher/Galchenyuk
Lehkonen - Plekanec - Byron
Carr - DLR - Shaw

 

[Habs100]

Hudon - Drouin - Gallagher/Galchenyuk
Pacioretty - Danault - Gallagher/Galchenyuk
Lehkonen - Plekanec - Byron
Carr - DLR - Shaw

We have too many forwards that are getting it done. That leaves Deslauriers, Froese, and Scherbak out. All of whom have played well.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Hard not to roll with this right now...

Galchenyuk-Drouin-Byron
Hudon-Plekanec-Gallagher
Pacioretty-Danault-Shaw
Carr-DLR-Deslaurier

When we get healthy will be interesting. We are DEEP.

 

[LaP]

Why anyone would remove AG and Byron from the same line? They were red hot last year together for the first 20 games. They are playing well together right now. Can we give AG some stability for once and stop removing players from his line the minutes it's working. Gosh seriously ...

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

We definitely are in a position to trade some guys if we get healthy. In fact we will pretty much HAVE to move a D and a W.

 

[VAN-HAB]

After tonight clearly

Hudon-Drouin-Gallagher
Galchenyuk-DeLaRose-Byron
Pacioretty-Danault-Lehkonen
Sherbak-Plekanec-Shaw


This is the way to go
For real tho If JDR keeps it going with chucky and Byron why not try Drouin with Hudon and Gallagher... That could do serious damage

I like these lines a Lot

 

[Habs100]

Hard not to roll with this right now...

Galchenyuk-Drouin-Byron
Hudon-Plekanec-Gallagher
Pacioretty-Danault-Shaw
Carr-DLR-Deslaurier

When we get healthy will be interesting. We are DEEP.

I like Scherbak, but the fact that he's waiver ineligible perhaps means he should be sent down. I want to see more of Carr and I suspect I won't want to see him put on waivers.

When Lehkonen comes back, perhaps Carr, De la Rose, and Deslaurier take turns in the press box, depending on the opposition.

 

[TT1]

We have too many forwards that are getting it done. That leaves Deslauriers, Froese, and Scherbak out. All of whom have played well.

lol sorry but i dont care about Deslauriers, Froese or Scherbak

 

[Habs100]

lol sorry but i dont care about Deslauriers, Froese or Scherbak

Well Deslaurier is the type of player Julien loves to have on his 4th line. We'll see how things play out, but I doubt he's going anywhere in the short term and probably the long term.

Froese impressed me last night, but sure ultimately it's ok to leave him out of the lineup.

Scherbak impressed me a lot during his pre-injury stint. If he gets another shot, we'll see if he's better than some of our other forwards, plain and simple. If he is there will be decisions to be made. If you have a young stud forward that makes a line and thus your team better, you're going to want him in the lineup. But he's waiver ineligible, so he may only get another look if there are injuries.