beekay414 Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 5 minutes ago, Forge said: Serious question - if we acquired Timo, would you break up Jack / Nico / Bratt into three separate lines? Like, I have been thinking about this, and I sort of don't hate it because Nico's line can exist without the rush and Bratt / Jack are puck possession transport hogs who drive play. Nico's line has been weirdly successful with guys like Nico / Tatar / Zetterlund. Or you can do what they did yesterday with Nico / Tatar / Mercer. Jack's line is successful no matter what because of Jack. We can put Rango on one side, Palat on the other if we want, or put Palat on one side and Zetterlund on the other. Jack drives the action there. You don't want Timo on a line with him because they will cannibalize each others shots. Bratt drives play on his own, and I think is the guy that I would most want with Timo because Bratt transports the puck and looks to pass first. You'd unfortunately have to stick them with Haula most likely, which sucks...but if Bratt can carry Goose and Zacha on a line and be successful with Zacha at center, I don't know why he couldn't make this work. If we want to get froggy, maybe long term we try to get Rango to be a center and put him in the middle of this line moving forward. And then you can just have those three lines basically run 18 minutes a night each and give the 4th line something like 8 minutes? So lets say: Tatar - Nico - Mercer Palat - Jack - Zetterlund Bratt - Haula - Timo Rango - Mikey - Bastian So what you're saying is you want to make the Nico 3C meme real? I think, if that were the plan, you go get Max Domi to man the dot on the Bratt and Timo line. He's a better version of Haula. You use Haula's contract plus draft compensation and a prospect to get Domi. Something like Haula, conditional 3rd (becomes a 2nd if we win a playoff series or make the ECF) and Boqvist (ELC that hits the $3 Million threshold to get Domi). Bratt-Domi-Meier Palat-Hughes-Zetterlund Tatar-Hischier-Mercer Sharangovich-McLeod-Bastian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, Forge said: He admits that it's possibly just a maintenance day Then he needs to put that FIRST lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 minute ago, beekay414 said: So what you're saying is you want to make the Nico 3C meme real? I think, if that were the plan, you go get Max Domi to man the dot on the Bratt and Timo line. He's a better version of Haula. You use Haula's contract plus draft compensation and a prospect to get Domi. Something like Haula, conditional 3rd (becomes a 2nd if we win a playoff series or make the ECF) and Boqvist (ELC that hits the $3 Million threshold to get Domi). Bratt-Domi-Meier Palat-Hughes-Zetterlund Tatar-Hischier-Mercer Sharangovich-McLeod-Bastian I've always been fine with the 3 line thing, that's why I thought they should have taken Wright this year. Tampa is the blueprint for how they handled their top 9 (including three very good centers) when you just get everyone a good amount of minutes. I'd be good with grabbing Domi (I die a little inside every time I say that) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, Forge said: I'd be good with grabbing Domi (I die a little inside every time I say that) Remember, we had Claude Lemieux on this team and he's revered in Jersey lol. He wasn't a choir boy himself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 I would root for Marchand or Tom Wilson if it meant a competitive playoff cup run lmao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Apparently Columbus has a deal in place for Gavrikov, but no indication of where Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 9 minutes ago, Forge said: Apparently Columbus has a deal in place for Gavrikov, but no indication of where Probably Boston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, beekay414 said: Probably Boston That would be my guess. As if they need to be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 Just now, Forge said: That would be my guess. As if they need to be better. I mean, I think they're the clear cut frontrunner and if they don't win the Cup, it's a massive disappointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 (edited) I wonder if it drives Taylor Hall mad that Pavel Zacha is in the top 6 and he's not lol. Hall's only averaging like 20 seconds more TOI than Zacha too lol. Edited February 19, 2023 by beekay414 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 5 minutes ago, beekay414 said: I wonder if it drives Taylor Hall mad that Pavel Zacha is in the top 6 and he's not lol. Hall's only averaging like 20 seconds more TOI than Zacha too lol. The fall of Taylor Hall is one of the weirder things I've seen. I can't believe it was the injury either. He just lost his ability to score. After his MVP season, he basically forgot how to score on breakaways and became a 21 goal / 55 point per season guy. He's basically an inferior tyler toffoli now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Forge said: The fall of Taylor Hall is one of the weirder things I've seen. I can't believe it was the injury either. He just lost his ability to score. After his MVP season, he basically forgot how to score on breakaways and became a 21 goal / 55 point per season guy. He's basically an inferior tyler toffoli now. Thank you, John Chayka. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Timo day to day with an upper body injury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 12 minutes ago, Forge said: Timo day to day with an upper body injury Convenient lol. All these other teams showing their cards by saying they are sitting them for trade relation reasons. Mike Grier playing next level chess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Man, i really wish the Blues would make Buchnevich available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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