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sedin, sedin, bitz,

booth,kessler, burrows,

higgins, pauhlson, raymond

kassian, lappiere, hanson

Only change on d is tanev out Alberts in. I would also for game 5 only take Edler out for Rome as his inconsistent play has at least drawn 2 delay of games, and he was the d man to cover Brown on the lone goal the last game. Other than the 3 on 1 our d gave up early in the game we were solid. Go with this the more physical d set not speed who cares if they pinch, not in this series size vs size kopitar, carter, Penner, these are big boys.

Last off ride lou till the end of the series

without sedin roll the dice a little more try

higgins, sedin, raymond,

booth, kessler, burrows

hanson, lapierre, bitz

Kassian, Pauhlson, malhotra, Malhotra on the faceoffs

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Daniel - Henrik - Hansen

Booth - Schroeder - Higgins

Burrows - Kesler - Jensen

Lapierre - Pahlsson - Kassian

Hamhuis - Bieksa

Edler - Salo

Connauton - Tanev

Schneider

Luongo

We have nothing left to lose, throw in some young skilled guys (Schroeders on fire, Jensen with a Hattie last game, Connauton is a very fast puck mover) and hope that the shot of youth and speed will catch LA off guard.

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Hmmm, looking at the lineups, I just have to disagree with the fact that all of you have Malhotra in the lineup.

I really don't think that he has contributed anything besides a few faceoff wins in this series, and to me he's the easiest guy to take out of the lineup.

Then again, we did outplay LA in game 3 and if anything we might want to ice the same lineup

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burrows- sedin-sedin

booth-kesler-higgins

lapierre-pahlsson-hansen

kassian-bitz-weise (destroying line against la's 1st line) lol

no daniel

then

burrows-sedin-bitz

booth-kesler -lapierre

higgins-pahlsson- hansen

weise-malhotra-kassian

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With Daniel:

Dank/Hank/Burr --- Tried and tested

Booth/Kes/Kass --- Maybe not our best option for the second line, but with our top 6 getting shut down it leaves us with more options for the bottom 6:

Raymond/Lappy/Hansen --- fast, skilled, and could chip in with a big goal if Hansen stops ringing them off the post... and lastly:

Malhotra/Pahlsson/(one of: Bitz, Weise, Ebbett, depending if you want this line to crash and bang or to play a skill game)

You could draw the D pairings out of a hat at this point... but personally I'd like to see:

Hammer/Juice

Edler/Tanev

Salo/Ballard

Salo and Ballard played well together last year, and Tanev may be the calming influence needed to wake Edler from his funk.

Without Danny:

Booth/Hank/Burr --- Hopefully having a shooter in Booth will give Henrik someone to pass to

Raymond/Kes/Hansen --- Shutdown line. Put Kesler back in that defense-first role he excelled and made a name for himself in. Who knows, maybe one of these speedsters will get a break and score a shorty after building a bit of chemistry in the first.

Higgins/Pahlsson/Lappy --- 2B checking line. With Kes focussing on D, these guys won't be as defensively minded, and we all saw the chemistry Higgins and Pahlsson showed in the homestretch. If this one doesn't work out, move Lappy up to the top 6 and re-unite the old checking line of Higgy/Pahlsson/Hansen.

Malhotra/Ebbett/Kassian --- Hopefully AV trusts these boys enough to give them more than 5:00 TOI.

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Time to load up I say. We've struggled scoring with the same set up we've stuck with over the last few years. Mix everything up:

Sedin - Sedin - Higgins (all 3 of our best forwards together, simple)

Burrows - Kesler - Lapierre (Burr and Kes have great chemistry, Lapierre distracts everyone from the 2 stars)

Hansen - Pahlsson - Raymond (speed and grit)

Bitz - Malhotra - Kassian (take out Kopitar's head, then Doughty's, then charge Quick)

Edler - Hamhuis (Edler needs the defensive calm-down in Hamhuis)

Bieksa - Salo

Ballard - Tanev

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With Danny:

Daniel-Henrik-Bitz

Higgins-Kesler-Burrows

Booth-Pahlsson-Hansen

Raymond-Malhotra-Lapierre

Hamhuis-Bieksa

Ballard-Salo

Edler-Tanev

Without Danny:

Burrows-Henrik-Lapierre

Booth-Kesler-Higgins

Raymond-Pahlsson-Hansen

Ebbett/Weise-Malhotra-Bitz

Same D pairings

Both choices in net are good.

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With Daniel:

Danny-Hank-Burr

Booth-Kesler-Higgins

RAymond-PAhlsson-Hansen

Manny-Lappy-Kassian

OR

Burr-Hank-Lappy

Booth-Kesler-Daniel

Higgins-PAhlsson-Hansen

Manny-Lappy-Kassian

Without Daniel:

Burrows-Hank-LAppy

Booth-Kesler-Higgins

Raymond-Pahlsson-Hansen

Wiese-Manny-Kassian

Defense is always:

Hamhuis-Bieksa

Edler-Salo

Ballard-Tanev

And put Ballard on the PP. We're 0/14 - we need a shakeup. That's how he got a lot of points in FLA and PHX - give him a chance here.

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Burrows - Henrik - Booth

Daniel - Kesler - Higgins

Raymond - Pahlsson - Hansen

Kassian - Lapierre - Bitz

Edler/Hamhuis

Salo/Bieksa

Tanev/Ballard

Schneider

I don think getting Daniel back will be big enough a spark to lift this team out of its slump. Splitting them up to try and get everyone else going is more important - at least for the first period of the game. Anyone who gets to play with a Sedin shows a major shift in their game (more energy, intensity). Getting that out of four players is better than getting it out of one.

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1. Pahlsson , H. Sedin , D. Sedin (They were Linematess for the Gold in '06 and during the lockout)

2. Booth , Kesler, Higgins (AMEX Line has been AWESOME and Higgins fixes every problem :P )

3. Burrows , Lapierre , Raymond ( Raymond could add some speed to lappy and burrs PWF game)

4. Hansen , Malhotra , Kassian ( A consistent centreman with some power in Kassian/ speed in 36 )

D PAIRS:

1. Bieksa , Hamhuis

2. Salo , Ballard

3. Tanev , Rome

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