TheRealistOptimist Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 With Bo struggling to put up points lately (prior to tonight's game), I think it may be time to bring back the Baertschi - Bo - Boeser line that showed some good chemistry last year, especially when all were healthy. I think that Pettersson has put up points consistently all year, regardless of who his linemates have been. I think you could play quite a few different players with Pettersson and he'd still do well and put up points. You could mix wingers like Goldy, Leivo, Eriksson and Virtanen with Pettersson, depending on who's producing. This is a similar concept to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins always try to load up Malkin's line, while Crosby drags along young players or 3rd line liners who otherwise would have no business playing on an NHL first line. Jake Guentzel has now turned into a pretty reliable scorer but he wasn't when he first started with the Pens. Pettersson might just be that good, that he can still produce without top end players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealistOptimist Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 I also realize it's been a small sample size for Pettersson but I think it might be worth a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 They've already been together quite a bit with EP out. They've been pretty decent, but not amazing. I wouldn't be heavily opposed to trying EP with others like Jake or possibly Goldy if he ever gets his game together, but I do like the Boeser-Pettersson chemistry going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealistOptimist Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 Yeah I meant once EP40 gets back in the lineup. Boeser has shown some nice chemistry with Pettersson, but he might be more important to Bo's line than to EP's line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I was thinking tonight that the best way to get Goldy back into the lineup is strong chemistry for the BBB line... now somebody with offensive talent needs to play with Pettersson, and IMO there is literally nobody else in the lineup that is, at current, talented enough to be a true top-6 forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Nah. Pettersson and Boeser are gold together. Once Petey is back in the lineup, things will open up as teams will have more than one line to deal with once again and Horvat will start putting up numbers again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealistOptimist Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 Down By The River - I agree with that. I also wonder if Travis Green trusts Virtanen enough defensively to put him on a line with Pettersson and Goldobin? I think I would like to see that. Even though Virtanen isn't really a fighter at this point in his career, he is a big body who could be used on Petey's line as a little bit of a deterent to prevent other players from taking shots at Petey. He also can skate really well and has a good shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Buzzsaw* Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 No, would disagree with the original poster. Yes, the Killer B's is/was an excellent line, but they are not better than Pettersson plus Boeser plus someone else. I would like to see Baertschi continue to play with Horvat though... I think those two have some chemistry. Horvat does need a skilled player with him... he doesn't have to be stuck with a bunch of plugger checkers. I think Baertschi Horvat Leivo might be what we see for the #2 line... that might be what Green was experimenting with in the 3rd period... with Pettersson teaming up with Boeser and possibly Goldobin as the #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 If we draft one of Hughes/Kakko, we could reunite the BBB line and have EP playing with one of them on a line... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealistOptimist Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 1 minute ago, *Buzzsaw* said: No, would disagree with the original poster. Yes, the Killer B's is/was an excellent line, but they are not better than Pettersson plus Boeser plus someone else. I would like to see Baertschi continue to play with Horvat though... I think those two have some chemistry. Horvat does need a skilled player with him... he doesn't have to be stuck with a bunch of plugger checkers. I think Baertschi Horvat Leivo might be what we see for the #2 line... that might be what Green was experimenting with in the 3rd period... with Pettersson teaming up with Boeser and possibly Goldobin as the #1. I'm not trying to say they would be better than Pettersson and Boeser. Just thinking Petey might be that good that he doesn't need top end talent to continue to put up points. Like the Pittsburgh model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomatoes11 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 JV has proven that he can’t keep up with EP’s mind. How much more do you have to see after JV whiffed on EP and Goldie’s perfect passes and somehow flukes out a goal. He looks totally out of place when he is out with them on a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Buzzsaw* Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 31 minutes ago, ruilin96 said: If we draft one of Hughes/Kakko, we could reunite the BBB line and have EP playing with one of them on a line... IF we're eligible for the lottery, it will be a huge fluke of luck for us to get the #1 pick... because we are not finishing last overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyotasfan Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Something about the Tripple B line and their defensive play seems to drive Travis Green into a screaming lunatic. We could really use another top 6 winger ( or 2) on this team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 20 hours ago, -AJ- said: They've already been together quite a bit with EP out. They've been pretty decent, but not amazing. I wouldn't be heavily opposed to trying EP with others like Jake or possibly Goldy if he ever gets his game together, but I do like the Boeser-Pettersson chemistry going. He will. In Russia in a few years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanless Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 22 hours ago, TheRealistOptimist said: With Bo struggling to put up points lately (prior to tonight's game), I think it may be time to bring back the Baertschi - Bo - Boeser line that showed some good chemistry last year, especially when all were healthy. I think that Pettersson has put up points consistently all year, regardless of who his linemates have been. I think you could play quite a few different players with Pettersson and he'd still do well and put up points. You could mix wingers like Goldy, Leivo, Eriksson and Virtanen with Pettersson, depending on who's producing. This is a similar concept to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins always try to load up Malkin's line, while Crosby drags along young players or 3rd line liners who otherwise would have no business playing on an NHL first line. Jake Guentzel has now turned into a pretty reliable scorer but he wasn't when he first started with the Pens. Pettersson might just be that good, that he can still produce without top end players. I think the reason why bo is struggling a bit is he’s not a first line centre but with Pettersson out he’s playing the role and the better defensive match ups are what is slowing him down. i noticed a stat during the oilers game that compared McDavid to Horvat 5v5 it was something like McDavid 0 points 0 shots while Horvat was on the ice Horvat 3 points 8 shots while McDavid was on the ice what I see in Horvats game is it is best while playing shutdown/secondary scoring. He capitalizes on offensive pressure against the other teams offensive players more than playing with the Canucks better offensive players. Playing a second line of Baertschi-Horvat-Virtanen Is something that I could see working best while keeping ?-Pettersson-Boeser together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcheeze86 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Once ep is back goldy will show up and those 2 will put up points again id love to see jv on peteys line based on there transition game up ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samgagner'sface Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I like leivo with petey. He played maybe 2 games as the winger on that line with boeser and I thought they showed some good chemistry. If BBB plays together I think leivo petey and someone else would be a good line. Goldy maybe or even Loui or granlund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Fingers Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Nope. Ep40 and Brock need to stay together. Put Baer with Horvat and have two balanced pairs. IMO I would like to see Jake reunited with Horvat and Baer and Leivo with EP40 and Brock for a few games. Granlund, Eriksson and Goldy can be moved into roles if those lines dont click. Baer provides the second line skill for both Bo and Jake. Good two way line that can wear teams down. EP40 and Brock are money, pure and simple. Those two are linemates for the next decade. If Leivo can take advantage of this gift, great. Jake has clicked with Baer and Bo before. IMO that's a good second line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Moose Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Leivo and EP had some good chemistry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podzilla Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Would like to see Goldobin-Pettersson-Boeser Baertschi-Horvat-Leivo Granlund-Sutter-Virtanen Motte-Beagle-Eriksson Leivo plays a north south game like Horvat, they would suit eachother well. Leivo is also a beast on the boards, something Bo isn’t great at imo. Will help since Bo goes up against top players. All depends on if we see the Goldy from the start of the season or not. He was pursuing the puck way harder. Not sure why he isn’t anymore. He needs to score a nice goal and get his swag back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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