grind Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I’m surprised so many people are pegging Eriksson on the first line. Eriksson should play regular minutes on the second line, but with Sedin’s on the first line powerplay. Eriksson can still score without the Sedins The difference between goals playing with Sedin’s vs. without Sedin’s will be bigger with a guy like Hansen Gives us a more legitimate second line, playing either w/ Rodin/Sutter or Horvat/Bear. Without Eriksson on the second line, any second line combination is more like a third line. To-date, in world cup hockey ¾ goals from the line is on the power play (x2 Eriksson, x1 Daniel), so they will still score plenty of goals same way on first line pp unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 3 minutes ago, grind said: I’m surprised so many people are pegging Eriksson on the first line. Eriksson should play regular minutes on the second line, but with Sedin’s on the first line powerplay. Eriksson can still score without the Sedins The difference between goals playing with Sedin’s vs. without Sedin’s will be bigger with a guy like Hansen Gives us a more legitimate second line, playing either w/ Rodin/Sutter or Horvat/Bear. Without Eriksson on the second line, any second line combination is more like a third line. To-date, in world cup hockey ¾ goals from the line is on the power play (x2 Eriksson, x1 Daniel), so they will still score plenty of goals same way on first line pp unit I understand your point and feel he won't be a slam dunk to play first line but think he should be on the top line with the twins. Was not at all a fan when WD tried to balance his lines taking Vrbata off the twins line, big mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Not to mention the prospect of the twins and Eriksson together will be a dangerous line and bring some much needed excitement to the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Daniel Henrik Loui would be by far the greatest line in NHL history. Hansen can produce on any given line. I think if you are bumping Loui down to second, you should put Burr on the first. His play raises most from being with the twins vs not being with the twins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fateless Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Just now, apollo said: Daniel Henrik Loui would be by far the greatest line in NHL history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 7 minutes ago, Mike Vanderhoek said: I understand your point and feel he won't be a slam dunk to play first line but think he should be on the top line with the twins. Was not at all a fan when WD tried to balance his lines taking Vrbata off the twins line, big mistake. there was more to vrbata moving to the 2nd line than trying to balance the scoring. i gathered that the sedins asked for a different kind of linemate. burrows and hansen, allow them to cycle the puck and play their game. with vrbata, danny had to become the net front presence and all they did was try to set up vrbata. ericksson plays the cycle game too and will go to the front of the net. now there are at least 2 players who can play 1st line, so we could see ericksson on the 2nd line at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck-lifer Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Hey, Sutter gave up his number for Loui. The least he can do is pay it back and tell Willie he'll join him on line #2. Team guy, that Eriksson is!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex425 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Cause that worked so well for Vrbata.... I never understood why people always say "put ___ on the second line to balance scoring" when if you put him on the first you are going to get the best production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 21 minutes ago, apollo said: Daniel Henrik Loui would be by far the greatest line in NHL history. Hansen can produce on any given line. I think if you are bumping Loui down to second, you should put Burr on the first. His play raises most from being with the twins vs not being with the twins Gretzky and Kurri wouldn't have even seen ten seconds of power play time if Daniel, Henrik and Loui had been on the Oilers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chon derry Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 most of his goals seem to come from him parked in the slot area, so getting shots to the net instead of perimeter play would be important,but either line he'll be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaku Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 No. I get where you're coming from, but I would prefer to see a Sedin - Eriksson combination and let them work their magic together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriGold Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 39 minutes ago, apollo said: Daniel Henrik Loui would be by far the greatest line in NHL history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 For this years team I think I have to respectfully disagree. The Sedins-Eriksson line feels like the old 2005/2006 Westcoast Express line in terms of being a clearly dominant 1st line and then everyone else on the team. No one back then would have suggested splitting up that line (or maybe they did... did CDC operate back then ?) The other reason is this line will force other teams to have their best pairing D out there to deal with them, and that should give other lines a better chance of success. Also, we don't know what we have yet. Jake is coming in apparently at a ripped 223! Rodin? What's he got? Is Bo going to progress? Until we see what we've got over the 1st month, keep the offence alive with what might be one of the best Sedin lines we've ever seen. These guys will have the #3-6 D to play against so to me that only happens if the Sedin's and Ericsson are together. http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/canucks-jake-virtanen-focusing-on-strength-in-offseason/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 1 hour ago, grind said: I’m surprised so many people are pegging Eriksson on the first line. Eriksson should play regular minutes on the second line, but with Sedin’s on the first line powerplay. Eriksson can still score without the Sedins The difference between goals playing with Sedin’s vs. without Sedin’s will be bigger with a guy like Hansen Gives us a more legitimate second line, playing either w/ Rodin/Sutter or Horvat/Bear. Without Eriksson on the second line, any second line combination is more like a third line. To-date, in world cup hockey ¾ goals from the line is on the power play (x2 Eriksson, x1 Daniel), so they will still score plenty of goals same way on first line pp unit Amen brotha. Been beating this drum for a while now. Sedin, Sedin, Hansen Baer, Sutter, Eriksson Gives us two legit scoring lines which is far harder to defend against. They can still play together on the PP as you noted. One line teams are far too easy to shut down. It's also far more how I think WD wants the team to play. Rolling lines, all lines solid in both ends and able to defend or score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Agreed with the spreading of depth; with Eriksson he can help anchor another line at EV. If he and Sutter can develop some chemistry (one passer, one shoot-first, both two-way guys) I think they can be a solid two-way line, while Rodin's also received compliments for two-way play. Then if Emerson can continue to gel with Sven and Bo we could have 3 solid lines, at least on paper. Danny - Hank - (Hansen) (Rodin) - Sutter - Eriksson Sven - Bo - (Etem?) Burr - (Granlund/ Gaunce/ Z) - Dorsett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNA Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Fairly sure Eriksson signed to play with the Sedins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon45ca Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 1 hour ago, apollo said: Daniel Henrik Loui would be by far the greatest line in NHL history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 1 minute ago, falcon45ca said: Sorry I meant by far greatest trio in the history of all sports. To say just nhl is an absolute insult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 both trev and willie said, he would start with the sedins, but after that, anything can happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon45ca Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 1 minute ago, apollo said: Sorry I meant by far greatest trio in the history of all sports. To say just nhl is an absolute insult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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