hockeygal Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I was just wondering where you fit Kassian into your line-up. Stick to watching the games and let Coach V decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Henrik duh. Albert's plz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler's Nose Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I'd send Ebbett down for sure. Sedin - Sedin - Kassian Booth - Kesler - Burrows Raymond - Schroeder - Hansen Higgins - Lapierre - Malhotra Weise, Volpatti Hamhuis - Edler Garrison - Bieksa Ballard - Tanev Alberts, Barker Luongo Schneider Looks solid to me, at least until next season when the cap goes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thLineGrinder Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 coming back from shoulder and wrist surgery, i would send a winger down and give kess a few games on the wing (he is a BEAST winger fyi) till he is 100% ready for full time draws. Let him work his way up through the line up paitently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Who cares; he has to earn a contract for next year, make him work! And funny enough; that's the role he was traded here for! And check your thinking, has he outplayed Danny, Raymond or Burrows? Not this year, and he's not as fast as Raymond, nor as big as Booth who can each put up similar numbers. And when he does score it's usually only with top players. That means he is not who drives the offence. Add it up and he's a depth guy who can play top 6 when asked. But if Higgins is on our 4th line, we're also in a very good place! Look, he has a great motor. Even if he's "4th" line, AV trusts him and pops him over the boards every time someone is puff'd after a PK, or Raymond is being mis-matched. He'll still get way more minutes than the average 4th line guy! As to the OP's question > Ebbett! I don't think Higgins would be okay playing on the fourth line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorrcoq Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Schroeder will go down. Ebbett is the ideal 13th forward that sits in the box. When Kesler returns, if Schroeder doesn't have a roster spot, then he'll sit in the box - management will want Schroeder to play as many minutes as possible, so he'll be sent down. If Schroeder does earn a roster spot as a 3rd line center, and we put Weise/Volpatti in the press box, then Ebbett will be the one to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I'm going to copy and paste what I said over on the 4th line discussion board: Malhotra, despite not being as good as before, is important. He is amongst the best in the nhl in faceoffs winning 66.7% (4th of those who've taken more than 20). That cannot be underestimated, he takes 90% defensive draws so our goaltenders know they can freeze the puck and have a good chance of us getting the puck and clearing the zone. A very big part of out PK IMO. Edit: stats on the NHL were wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieCrumbs Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Ebbett I guess. It's possible he may get picked up. He's till a somewhat decent 13th forward in my view Seeing as how it's turned into a line up thread, mine is as follows: Sedin - Sedin - Kassian Higgins - Kesler - Burrows Raymond - Schroeder - Hansen Volpatti - Lapierre - Weise I would maybe even consider having Hansen on the 2nd line and push Burrows back. Hansen has been a machine, and Burrows seems to play with more edge and urgency when he falls back a couple of lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwisaak Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I don't think Higgins would be okay playing on the fourth line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred65 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Ebbetts gone and Schroeder plays between Kesler and Burrows. I'm looking forward to see Pinizzotto make it back and bring some extra energy to the 4th line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gumballthechewy Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I really don't expect Weise to get any better. I expect Malhotra to get better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 The League goes down when the beast is back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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