TimberWolf Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I do not want to see Kassian on the top line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanEberle Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 2nd line. Do we really need one?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 No, we need someone who can play with Booth & Kesler, preferably a playmaker. Hoping Kesler comes back when he's 100% I'm pretty sure our 2nd line is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Line Juggler Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I think we need to make an upgrade in quality to lift a Cup. As I have said often we have a fine set of players but I think we lack variation. I would like to see us trade away Higgins, Hansen, Malhotra and Booth and create a BIG rugged 2nd line of bruisers and snipers. The team would then be along the lines of Sedin - Sedin - Kassian Kane(Clowe) - Perry(Arnott) - Backes(Stewart) Raymond - Kesler - Burrows Volpatti - Lapierre - Pinizzotto I would then trade Edler for a big defensive reasonably priced body like Weber if maybe not actually Weber (considering cap) Ballard - Weber..................Hamhuis - Bieksa Hamhuis - Bieksa...............Ballard - Erik Johnson Sbisa - Tanev.....................Sbisa - Tanev Part of our problem as I see it is we have relied on (augmented by the Sedins) defensive scoring, PP and outstanding net-minding to get us to where we are but I don't think that set up (in the way we utilise it, with average body size) will take us through a war of attrition. It might sound radical, but I want to make our defence help out the goalie and our attack waste the opposition 5 on 5 with a mixture of skill, speed and big hitting. That line up has it all depending on how well Kassian improves and Raymond comes out of pre season. I see a team along these lines getting multiple cups. The 2nd line for me was the most disappointing in the team.........some of that can be put down to injury but in my view they were not big enough and did not play a cohesive, joined up game. Frankly I doubt it will improve with the personnel concerned. That said I have more faith in Kesler's big time ability than Booth's Now, how do we do it? Can we do it for less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Well yes, if it were possible, it would be very nice. Thank you. TOML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PONCHE Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Ok one more time just for you............CAN WE DO IT FOR LESS?................do you see it tucked down at the bottom of the post? Maybe if you didn't understand the point of the post and the theory behind it you should just have moved on and left this thread to people who have some ideas to put forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnijhar Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 our problem is that Kesler doesnt produce with his line, so thats why were thinking in putting it down to the 3rd. IMO Manny malhotra is garbage, if i was gillis i would dump him. we need to find a GOOD right winger for kesler like : Voracek, maybe even Versteeg, . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 I think we could, if the players were available realistically accommodate this. It is weakening my theory with Burr in the 2nd but by my thinking this would be Kesler and Raymonds's make or break season. And if they don't make it perhaps Gaunce, Jensen and Mallet might be ready. There is size energy and, if Kesler comes back firing, plenty of points in the 2nd line. The first line should really fire up with a big battling sniper like Perry feeding of the silky Sedins. I also like the 3rd line if Raymond get's back to some decent form. His speed, Kassians size in front of the net and Lapierre's abrasive trouble making, it would mean that the opposition could not ignore it. ...............It's a thought. Sedin - Sedin - Perry Clowe - Kesler - Burrows Raymond - Lapierre - Kassian Volpatti - Schroeder - Pinizzotto Hamhuis - Bieksa Ballard - Johnson Sbisa - Tanev projected if Raymond and Kes don't come back and the prospects shape up. (3 french speakers on the 3rd, ooh la, la!) Sedin - Sedin - Perry Clowe - Gaunce - Jensen Mallet - Lapierre - Burrows Volpatti - Schroeder - Kassian I realise that this line up is a long shot and some may think optimistic but it has the size and quality we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drop Em Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I think we could, if the players were available realistically accommodate this. It is weakening my theory with Burr in the 2nd but by my thinking this would be Kesler and Raymonds's make or break season. And if they don't make it perhaps Gaunce, Jensen and Mallet might be ready. There is size energy and, if Kesler comes back firing, plenty of points in the 2nd line. The first line should really fire up with a big battling sniper like Perry feeding of the silky Sedins. I also like the 3rd line if Raymond get's back to some decent form. His speed, Kassians size in front of the net and Lapierre's abrasive trouble making, it would mean that the opposition could not ignore it. ...............It's a thought. Sedin - Sedin - Perry Clowe - Kesler - Burrows Raymond - Lapierre - Kassian Volpatti - Schroeder - Pinizzotto Hamhuis - Bieksa Ballard - Johnson Sbisa - Tanev projected if Raymond and Kes don't come back and the prospects shape up. (3 french speakers on the 3rd, ooh la, la!) Sedin - Sedin - Perry Clowe - Gaunce - Jensen Mallet - Lapierre - Burrows Volpatti - Schroeder - Kassian I realise that this line up is a long shot and some may think optimistic but it has the size and quality we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fagin Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Clowe, Arnott, and Stewart would be a slow line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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