Line Combinations to start with

carter is a sniper and Richie is a playmaker, regardless of how well Carter takes faceoffs, you hurt both players by switching their roles. and besides, Centers are usually the guys going into the corners anyway, leaving the side winger to go behind the net/up the boards and the opposite winger to swing to the center of the ice. Moving your defensemen to the end board and center means that the opposing team cant make a push the other way

example:
                 net

         LW C RW
D D

now convert that to this

C net
                   C
LW
                   D D

So if Richie is better in the corners, you want him at C

You’re absolutely right, I thought the same thing. If a guy like Foster or even just aquiring Walker (maybe a 3rd for Walker rather then the 2nd for Meszaros) would have been good. Another good pick-up would’ve been Andy Sutton for under 2 million and plus not signing Shelley, there were so many ways we could have had Zherdev and Gagne.

is a better fit though. he’ll start over Walker 100%

I think you’re right. remember that Richards stated he liked having a power forward type on th eline wiht him so he doesn’t have to focus fully on the physical game.

not in my lineup Giroux is playing with Carter both can’t be center

2nd overall pick? JVR better become a finisher.

yeah i know the hbl line should stay together. i was just throwing out another random setup that didn’t look like anyones else. and yeah, jvr better become a scorer. if you read my other posts, its clear what lines i really want. and it was actually me who pointed out they need to be split up, ironically in a discussion with chrislanci

i do not think carcillo is a great player or anything and i def don’t want him to be on the first line. BUT he does not fit in anywhere else. throughout the year, carcillo looked at his best with richards. of course this doesn’t mean richards did as well. he can keep up with the first line. richards and carter are both great players and they will prob produce no matter what. sure they could use another winger if they are on the same line, but i don’t think that is the best allocation of resources. with giroux, to maximize his potential he needs two scorers. i believe that zherdev and jvr would compliment his play immensely and end up being the best combination one could put together with the players we have. they have to hold the HBL line as a constant(which i think they at least deserve in the beginning of the year) and none of our fourth liners can be moved bc their talent is specialized to that line only(in a sense). so carcillo is forced onto the first line.

by phinally on Aug 9, 2010 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
 
i’m also saying that just as we split up pronger and timonen to spread out talent, we need to split up our best scorers. having carter-richards-zherdev as a superline sounds great but it seems that wouldn’t benefit the other players as much as other scenarios.

by phinally on Aug 9, 2010 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions

JVR is more skillful then Hartnell, mainly because he can pass and skate. Most of Hartnell’s goals are tip ins. Not saying that Hartnell’s a bad player, just that JVR is(will defiantly be in the future) more skilled then Hartnell will ever be.

Giroux is not the best play maker on the team. Danny B is. I love Giroux and he has the world of talent but and can dazzle but he hasn’t put up the numbers to justify

“Giroux must play center”
“must be on the top PP unit”

partially because he hasn’t reached his prime yet and he hasn’t played with top notch players yet but his time will come for now he is the 4th best center but could easily be the second best RW