uber_pwnzor Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 All you people are crying for a second line playmaker, have you totally forgotten how awesome the Amex line was? Booth - Kesler - Higgins <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Exactly. They didn't need a playmaker on their line. 3 20-goal scorers fits perfectly together, and that was with ongoing injuries and a banged up Kesler. Kesler notched 50 assists a couple of seasons ago - he CAN be the passer we need him to be, he just needs to get his game back to where it was. Higgins is still capable of a 20 goal season and Booth was on pace for 20+ goals, he could easily hit his 30-goal mark again if Kesler gets back to his good passing. Basically this line is good for 70 goals, which is great for most 1st lines let alone a 2nd line. Our top line will probably only score 70 too (30 from Daniel, 25 from Burrows, 15 from Henrik) which is a complement to our top-6 and depth. Considering that we have Raymond (15 goal scorer), Hansen (soon to be 20 goal scorer) and Lapierre (15 goal scorer with 3rd line minutes) putting up 50 goals on our 3rd line, I think we're fine for scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAnuck Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 How can you say we're fine for scoring when it was our 2nd line and a complete lack of scoring which led us to losing. I acknowledge there was clearly a goalie issue and we missed that big shut down defender but there were still issues upfront too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rounoush Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 The more and more I think about it, the more I want to take a chance on Peter Mueller and sign him here for around $2-3 million. The guy is an extremely gifted playmaker, plays on the right side and is an American so the Amex line could still be the Amex line. The massive risk in signing him, though, is his recent concussion problems but if we could get him for relatively cheap he would be an excellent addition to the team. Booth - Kesler - Mueller What a second line that would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 They were awesome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaz Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I remember hoping it was going to be a great line. AV had Kesler, Booth and Higgins at his disposal to keep the AMEX line together and for whatever reason decided it wasn't working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Industrious1 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 When they clicked the Amex line was certainly fun to watch...however injuries kind of derailed things and when they all got back together something was definately missing. I think with the summer off and more practice together this line can further improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dura_mater Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Yes I had forgotten about them. Thanks for the reminder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berto91 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 In theory they should have been amazing, but they really weren't doing as much as they should have done. Hopefully when Kesler comes back and is fully healed, we'll see them produce the way we'd hoped they would have done. Assuming Booth/Higgins are here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 All you people are crying for a second line playmaker, have you totally forgotten how awesome the Amex line was? Booth - Kesler - Higgins <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 The more and more I think about it, the more I want to take a chance on Peter Mueller and sign him here for around $2-3 million. The guy is an extremely gifted playmaker, plays on the right side and is an American so the Amex line could still be the Amex line. The massive risk in signing him, though, is his recent concussion problems but if we could get him for relatively cheap he would be an excellent addition to the team. Booth - Kesler - Mueller What a second line that would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollumpus Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Exactly. They didn't need a playmaker on their line. 3 20-goal scorers fits perfectly together, and that was with ongoing injuries and a banged up Kesler. Kesler notched 50 assists a couple of seasons ago - he CAN be the passer we need him to be, he just needs to get his game back to where it was. Higgins is still capable of a 20 goal season and Booth was on pace for 20+ goals, he could easily hit his 30-goal mark again if Kesler gets back to his good passing. Basically this line is good for 70 goals, which is great for most 1st lines let alone a 2nd line. Our top line will probably only score 70 too (30 from Daniel, 25 from Burrows, 15 from Henrik) which is a complement to our top-6 and depth. Considering that we have Raymond (15 goal scorer), Hansen (soon to be 20 goal scorer) and Lapierre (15 goal scorer with 3rd line minutes) putting up 50 goals on our 3rd line, I think we're fine for scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 All you people are crying for a second line playmaker, have you totally forgotten how awesome the Amex line was? Booth - Kesler - Higgins <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phamda Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 The more and more I think about it, the more I want to take a chance on Peter Mueller and sign him here for around $2-3 million. The guy is an extremely gifted playmaker, plays on the right side and is an American so the Amex line could still be the Amex line. The massive risk in signing him, though, is his recent concussion problems but if we could get him for relatively cheap he would be an excellent addition to the team. Booth - Kesler - Mueller What a second line that would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keslerian one Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 They were great at pinning the other team in the offensive zone. But didn't create many chances together. Hence the reason why we need a playmaker. Plus, Higgins is much more valuable in the third line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 No other team is shaking in their booties when they hear about the Amex line. Honestly. Did you forget the 2nd line or lack thereof last season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksFanMike Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I'm thinking of the new and improved AMEX line: D. Booth - R. Kesler - B. Ryan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyPerry Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Booth was a complete no show in the playoffs....complete no show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 All you people are crying for a second line playmaker, have you totally forgotten how awesome the Amex line was? Booth - Kesler - Higgins <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaz Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Booth was a complete no show in the playoffs....complete no show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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