Duodenum Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Sedin - Sedin - Burrows Lapierre - Kesler - Booth Higgins - Pahlsson - Hansen Weise - Malholtra - Bitz Hamhuis-Bieksa Edler-Salo Rome-Tanev if Raymond is in, reduce our chances of winning from 80% to 65%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaMacNamedDre Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Daniel Sedin will never be on the third line, why do you want to reduce the ice time of our top scorer and put him on a defensive line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACanucks Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Ideally... Sedin-Sedin-Burrows Booth-Kesler-Lapierre Higgins-Pahlsson-Hansen Raymond-Malholtra-Bitz But i think the chance of AV placing Raymond on the 4th line is pretty slim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo1970 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Lapierre - Sedin - Burrows Sedin - Kesler - Booth Higgins - Pahlsson - Hansen Kassian - Malhotra - Bitz Hamhuis - Bieksa Edler - Salo Ballard - Tanev Luongo Schneider 1st Line: Why mess with success? They ve been hot as a line. Keep them together for at least the first game to see if it continues. 2nd Line: If Daniel is healthy; put him on the second line to try inject some life in Kesler. Only problem is all three are shooter. No set up man. 3rd Line: Higgins, Pahlson and Hansen provide an effective shut down third line with a lot of offensive upside that could be the difference maker in the playoffs. 4th Line: Grit and toughness. Kassian looks like he needs some confidence in his physical game. Bitz on the right side should give him that. Kassian has offensive talent but I think he needs to become more physical to make him more effective. Look for him to be on a short leash. If he makes mistakes I see Raymond drawing into the lineup. I can also see a short leash tag on Ballard and Lou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Daniel-Henrik-Burrows Higgins-Kesler-Booth Lapierre-Pahlsson-Hansen Malhotra+Kassian/Raymond/Bitz Hamhuis-Bieksa Salo-Edler Tanev-Alberts/Ballard Luongo Schneider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 So you guys think that Lapierre brought Kesler out of his rut? and Booth cuz he scored 1 goal? That line could easily continue to struggle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Lapierre - Sedin - Burrows Sedin - Kesler - Booth Higgins - Pahlsson - Hansen Kassian - Malhotra - Bitz Hamhuis - Bieksa Edler - Salo Ballard - Tanev Luongo Schneider 1st Line: Why mess with success? They ve been hot as a line. Keep them together for at least the first game to see if it continues. 2nd Line: If Daniel is healthy; put him on the second line to try inject some life in Kesler. Only problem is all three are shooter. No set up man. 3rd Line: Higgins, Pahlson and Hansen provide an effective shut down third line with a lot of offensive upside that could be the difference maker in the playoffs. 4th Line: Grit and toughness. Kassian looks like he needs some confidence in his physical game. Bitz on the right side should give him that. Kassian has offensive talent but I think he needs to become more physical to make him more effective. Look for him to be on a short leash. If he makes mistakes I see Raymond drawing into the lineup. I can also see a short leash tag on Ballard and Lou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boards Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Let's just stop speculating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiDeN Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Lapierre - Sedin - Burrows Sedin - Kesler - Booth Higgins - Pahlsson - Hansen Kassian - Malhotra - Bitz Hamhuis - Bieksa Edler - Salo Ballard - Tanev Luongo Schneider 1st Line: Why mess with success? They ve been hot as a line. Keep them together for at least the first game to see if it continues. 2nd Line: If Daniel is healthy; put him on the second line to try inject some life in Kesler. Only problem is all three are shooter. No set up man. 3rd Line: Higgins, Pahlson and Hansen provide an effective shut down third line with a lot of offensive upside that could be the difference maker in the playoffs. 4th Line: Grit and toughness. Kassian looks like he needs some confidence in his physical game. Bitz on the right side should give him that. Kassian has offensive talent but I think he needs to become more physical to make him more effective. Look for him to be on a short leash. If he makes mistakes I see Raymond drawing into the lineup. I can also see a short leash tag on Ballard and Lou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durl Dixsun Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Sedin - Sedin - Burrows Booth - Kesler - Higgins/Kassian Kassian/Higgins - Pahlsson - Hansen Weise - Lapierre - Bitz Hamhuis - Bieksa Edler - Salo Ballard - Tanev Luongo Schneider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bd71 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Why does everyone always put Booth on the second line?? Of course he will start there but I think the leash is short. In reality the second line is the big concern going into the playoffs this year. The production isn't where it should be. Goals against the Kings will be hard to come by and that line needs to go as I think the Kings will do a good job against the Sedins. Booth goes bunches of games without scoring and he isn't exactly strong defensively or at setting guys up. I think Booth is the wildcard here. AV has obviously started cutting his ice time once in a while. I think Raymond may end up on that line and this place is going to go crazy about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn antoski Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 today's practice Sedin - Sedin - Burrows Raymond - Kesler - Booth Higgins - Pahlsson - Hansen Malhotra - Lapierre - Bitz Edler - Bieksa Hamhuis - Tanev Rome - Salo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suolucidir Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 today's practice Sedin - Sedin - Burrows Raymond - Kesler - Booth Higgins - Pahlsson - Hansen Malhotra - Lapierre - Bitz Edler - Bieksa Hamhuis - Tanev Rome - Salo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Canuckian Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Lapierre-Henrik-Burrows Daniel-Kesler-Booth Higgins-Pahlsson-Hansen Raymond-Malhotra-Weise Hamhuis-Bieksa Edler-Tanev Salo-Ballard Luongo Keep the twins apart for now, and make them earn playing time together - score during the power play, good shift after a penalty kill. Daniel will have less pressure on the 2nd line, but has the potential to ignite Kesler. 3rd line has been solid the last few weeks, and will provide some shut-down, while having some pop. 4th line is energy, with some pop potential. Bieksa has been suspect in his return, but is way better with Hamhuis bailing him out. I originally had Salo as the 2nd pairing with Edler, but he will prove to be more valuable with fewer minutes (longer durability deeper into the playoffs). So Tanev goes up, and Salo plays with Ballard (who I believe has been kept out for salary cap purposes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5minutesinthebox Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Higgins-H.Sedin-Bitz (Hottest Scorer+Best Playmaker+Skilled Heavy) Booth-Kesler-Burrows (Burrows turns this line into a serious problem) D.Sedin-Pahllson-Hansen (Dank turns 3rd line into a scoring shut down line) Volpatti-LaPierre-Kassian (Destroys opposing teams defencemen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5minutesinthebox Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Yeah the players I picked are the players on those particular lines, but not playing in their particular positions. Kassian is BIGGER and MEANER than Lapierre. And I would put Tanev with Ballard then? They played good together. Geez did you not see the "Gragnani/Ballard" thats what a slash is for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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