PavelBure10
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Finally Mikheyev is scratched. Pettersson with a good player in Lindholm. No excuses.
Tochett is finally learning something regarding lineup changes.
Tochett is finally learning something regarding lineup changes.
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Got a good feeling about Lindholm setting up Pete. Will be interesting with last change too
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I think he's shown alot of patience for players that have struggled but the gloves needed to come off at some point.
i think we could see that 4th line play very little this game.
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Blueger has been really good defensively in the playoffs and I agree with @MS theory.
But at the same time, this gives us a better chance at having 3 lines going. This is exactly the lineup I would have gone to.
We haven’t seen Petterholm together since Lindholm’s arrival when he was more injured. It’s overdue for them to try it. If it fails, cool. At least they tried it.
You don’t lose defensively with Blueger on that line. It doesn’t change Garland and Joshua’s role either.
The one thing is that I don’t know which of those lines gets higher leverage minutes.
Probably still Garland’s line?
Also, if they’re scared about Aman’s minutes, they don’t really have to actually use him. Your top two centers will play 45 minutes of the game anyways. Just take turns double shifting them & Blueger to limit Aman’s ice times
But at the same time, this gives us a better chance at having 3 lines going. This is exactly the lineup I would have gone to.
We haven’t seen Petterholm together since Lindholm’s arrival when he was more injured. It’s overdue for them to try it. If it fails, cool. At least they tried it.
You don’t lose defensively with Blueger on that line. It doesn’t change Garland and Joshua’s role either.
The one thing is that I don’t know which of those lines gets higher leverage minutes.
Probably still Garland’s line?
Also, if they’re scared about Aman’s minutes, they don’t really have to actually use him. Your top two centers will play 45 minutes of the game anyways. Just take turns double shifting them & Blueger to limit Aman’s ice times
No - Lafferty has barely played C all year and is not playing well right now.
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I think there was a playoff game where Darcy Hordichuk played somewhere near 5 min and most of that came on 3 shifts where her repeatedly got stuck out there.
You pretty much have to roll 3 lines from here on out unless you are comfortably winning.
This is exactly the top-nine I've been asking for since the Lindholm acquisition. Hopefully they can actually generate some more offense and control the play, and win this game.
Lindholm & Blueger will likely swap places a few times depending on the situations.
we are going to just play entrance music when the game starts and have Demko skate out as the starter as a surprise
None of them will play over 10 mins. Wouldn’t be surprised to see ice times that start with a 5 or 6.
we haven't overplayed any lines so loading up 3 lines for 2 games is fine.
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I wonder if the 'better linemates' remark by Pettersson had any effect on Tocchet's roster decision. Not to say that Pettersson calls the shots, but I do wonder if Tocchet sees that presser and factors that in to his roster decisions.
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Tocchet putting in Juulsen for Hronek would be hilarious
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maybe but also Mik and Lafferty have given the team nothing since like dec
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wow, tocc is doing exactly what the majority of the board wants to see
i still think the way we win this series is with miller - lindholm - petey up the middle, but i think my bigger issue with this lineup is petey has just looked even more completely lost in the brief stretches he’s been put on the wing. lindholm has been great but my feel is at this point he’s probably the more versatile and suited for wing center than petey, even if it’s a bit of a waste of his abilities.
nice to see PDG back and hopefully whatever’s going on in his life is better now, or at least under control.
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I think there’s a lot of long term ramifications depending on how this Lindholm / Pettersson / Hoglander thing looks tonight.
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100%. Though I find the timing of it all interesting. Getting Pettersson on the podium for the first time in a while, followed by a sizable roster decision.
I like these new lines - they were exactly what most of us were looking to see. Hopefully having Hog and Podz back in gives them some energy.
Would've put in Mik for PDG on the 4th line but that's not a huge issue with how little Mik has been doing. Have noticed him easing up on the forecheck way too many times which Im sure Tocchet isnt happy about
I agree with this but not with the way Petey is playing.
Would've put in Mik for PDG on the 4th line but that's not a huge issue with how little Mik has been doing. Have noticed him easing up on the forecheck way too many times which Im sure Tocchet isnt happy about
I agree with this but not with the way Petey is playing.
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