JamesB Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 OK, the trade deadline has passed with no moves that affect the current playing roster. Also, many players are close to being healthy. Corrado is healthy (and in Utica), and Tanev, Edler, Richardson, and Burrows all appear close. I am going to assume that Miller and Bieksa remain out for a while. (Yes, Bieksa is skating but, with a hand injury, why not?) So what does the line-up look like with those guys back. (I realize there have been many line-up posts, but after the trade deadline is a natural time to take stock.) This is my line-up: Sedin, Sedin, Burrows Matthias, Bonino, Vrbata Kenins, Horvat, Hansen Higgins, Richardson, Dorsett Edler, Tanev Hammer, Weber (?) Sbisa, Clendenning (?) Extras: Kassian, Vey, Stanton Comments: 1. Let's call the Horvat line the third line. On the basis of minutes played, points scored, role (a lot of shutdown time) it obviously is. And it would be crazy to break it up. 2. I don't see a spot for Kassian or Vey. Both have been decent lately, although, frankly, Kassian was not good defensively last night against St. Louis. But he is trying and was credited with 4 hits (I think). 3. Willie will play Sbisa ahead of Stanton. Kind of ironic given that Stanton has the best plus/minus on the team (+12) and Sbisa has the worst (-8). That stat is of course misleading in this case as Stanton almost never plays against the other teams' top forwards, but Sbisa has earned his negative +/-. He still makes me nervous every time he touches the puck in his own end although I admit his physical play does help the team. I would prefer to have Stanton playing instead, but Willie is very patient with Sbisa. Possibly Weber or Clendenning comes out and Stanton stays in. 4. It seems weird to have Weber in the top 4, but he has played well, especially with Hamhuis. And Hammer has been great with Edler and Tanev out. Hammer has, in my view, held the D together. 5. The team can of course carry extra players beyond the 23 man limit now, so we might see other guys slotting in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everybody Hates Raymond Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Kassian didn't play well against STL but had like 10 points in 10 games right before that. Solution? You bench him. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Barzal Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Lol. Bench Kassian? I think not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Sedin-Sedin-Kassian Matthias-Bonino-Vrbata Hansen-Horvat-Kenins Higgins-Dorsett-Burrows Richardson/Vey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxgoalie Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Sedin - Sedin - Kassian Matthias - Bonino - Vrbata Higgins - Richardson - Burrows Kenins - Horvat - Hansen Dorsett Vey Would be my forward lines* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCammer Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 How was Kassian not good defensively last night??? Even plus minus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Sedin - Sedin - Kassian Matthias - Bonino - Vrbata Higgins - Richardson - Burrows Kenins - Horvat - Hansen Dorsett Vey Would be my forward pairings Makes sense, but I wouldn't scratch Dorsett. He brings energy only Kassian and Kenins have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho_Path Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Sedin - Sedin - Kassian Matthias - Bonino - Vrbata Higgins - Richardson - Burrows Kenins - Horvat - Hansen Dorsett Vey Would be my forward lines* Either this or swap Burrows and Hansen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austy Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 How would Mathias go with the Sedins? Kassian is pretty good with them but I wonder what matti would be like as he has a bit more jump, but lesser hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOgRook Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Now I was one of the believers that Kass needed to find some consistency... Well he has found it.. Benching him now would just be counterproductive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxgoalie Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 [...]Edler, Tanev Hammer, Weber (?) Sbisa, Clendenning (?) [...] I would do: Edler - Tanev Hamhuis - Weber Sbisa - Bieksa Stanton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Algur Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Sedin-Sedin-Kassian Matthias-Bonino-Vrbata Hansen-Horvat-Kenins Higgins-Dorsett-Burrows Richardson/Vey Dorsett at centre?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakrami Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Im a known Kassian doubter, but we need to stick him with the twins to test this experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akillys Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 implying we will ever have all of our roster players healthy at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_Canuck Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Sedin - Sedin - Kassian Matthias - Bonino - Vrbata Higgins - Richardson - Burrows Kenins - Horvat - Hansen Dorsett Vey Would be my forward lines* Dorsett and Hansen switch out occasionally, I like that line-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo.Horvat53 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Sedin-Sedin-Kassian Higgins-Bonino-Vrbata Kenins-Horvat-Hansen Dorsett-Matthias-Vey Roll all four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Be interesting to also assemble a likely Comets' lineup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webster6 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Yeah. Bench Kassian. Good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezRG Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Sedin-Sedin-Kassian Higgins-Bonino-Vrbata Kenins-Horvat-Hansen Dorsett-Matthias-Vey Roll all four. Pretty nice, with the exception that burrows is a must in the lineup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Be interesting to also assemble a likely Comets' lineup. Shinkaruk-COR-Baertschi Conacher-Gaunce-Jensen Zalewski-Acton-Grenier Hamilton-Friesen-Bancks DeFazio/Kennedy Sanguinetti-Andersson Pedan-Blain Biega-Huskins Ehrhardt Eriksson Nagle/Cannata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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