This is what I’d do. I’d put DeBrusk with Krejci and Pasta when he’s back and find a winger for Bergy/Marchand. Ideally it’d be Backes but Nordstrom could work or they could break up the 3rd line and do Heinen or Donato. Personally I’d like to see them keep that Heinen - JFK - Donato together for a bit longer.Iirc Jaffe the other day said he’d pair Krejci-Pasta and Bergeron-Marchand and then find a winger to play with them. Think I could be on board with trying that for a bit.
I'm reasonably sure he said the same with DeBrusk but for the life of me I can't remember who he mentioned for the other but I was nodding along as he talked. Also wondered if he had some inside knowledge he was dishing. Would certainly give Backes a shot the way he's been playing lately. I also will probably break this out after my meeting and put it on the main board. Mental note.This is what I’d do. I’d put DeBrusk with Krejci and Pasta when he’s back and find a winger for Bergy/Marchand. Ideally it’d be Backes but Nordstrom could work or they could break up the 3rd line and do Heinen or Donato. Personally I’d like to see them keep that Heinen - JFK - Donato together for a bit longer.
Isn't Nordstrom just a placeholder for DeBrusk? Maybe they want Donato to play with JFK and Wagner long-term.If they are breaking up that 3rd line, I’d just put Donato with Krejci and Pasta.i don’t really get the Nordstrom fascination.
Marchand - Bergeron - Heinen
Donato - Krejci - Pastrnak
Nordstrom - JFK - Backes
Kuraly - Cave - Wagner
Also Krejci has been quoted as being comfortable playing with him.The thought is probably something along the lines of Nordstrom being replacement level along the boards rather than having three players on the same line who all like playing in space.
I wonder when the rest of the NHL starts trying out different configurations. Who says there needs to be 4 lines/6 D on every team? Who says there always needs to be LW/C/RW/LD/RD as the configuration on the ice at all times? I think there's a ton of room for innovation around all of hockey here both for on ice personnel and overall roster management.Do they try an 11/7 lineup for a few games? There are some interesting possibilities if they do that. They could theoretically do things like Krug/McAvoy for Ozone starts and then Chara/McAcoy for Dzone starts. It would allow them to mix and match like that all throughout the game. I don’t think it is something that has really ever been done for any length of time, so I’m not sure how feasible it is.
I’ve always wondered why teams haven’t tried 4 F 1 D late in games down by a goal or two.I wonder when the rest of the NHL starts trying out different configurations. Who says there needs to be 4 lines/6 D on every team? Who says there always needs to be LW/C/RW/LD/RD as the configuration on the ice at all times? I think there's a ton of room for innovation around all of hockey here both for on ice personnel and overall roster management.
I wonder when the rest of the NHL starts trying out different configurations. Who says there needs to be 4 lines/6 D on every team? Who says there always needs to be LW/C/RW/LD/RD as the configuration on the ice at all times? I think there's a ton of room for innovation around all of hockey here both for on ice personnel and overall roster management.
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/the-history-of-roster-sizes.1184009/Is it my imagination/faulty memory, or were gameday rosters smaller in the early & mid-70s, such that teams had to choose whether to go with 6D or 12F?
Ahhhh....thanks.https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/the-history-of-roster-sizes.1184009/
This thread, assuming it's accurate, gives some detail. Up until the '82-83 season, they could skate 17 (plus goalies).
I don’t understand why they would split up Chara and Carlo. Carlo is so much better when he is with Chara (based purely on the eye test, advanced stats may prove me wrong). I would love to see if McAvoy-Krug could work as a pair. I feel like they’d dominate possession. Then play Miller with Moore or Grzelcyk.I think he takes Carlo's spot with Chara, Carlo takes John Moore's spot with Krug and then Cassidy has to figure out which of Moore or Gryz to scratch. I have a really hard time knowing what the right move is between those 2.
I completely agree.I don’t understand why they would split up Chara and Carlo. Carlo is so much better when he is with Chara (based purely on the eye test, advanced stats may prove me wrong). I would love to see if McAvoy-Krug could work as a pair. I feel like they’d dominate possession. Then play Miller with Moore or Grzelcyk.
I agree with this. I think the Devil's advocate view is that Chara and Carlo are both big and rangy, so they went to spread the big and rangy-ness around.I don’t understand why they would split up Chara and Carlo. Carlo is so much better when he is with Chara (based purely on the eye test, advanced stats may prove me wrong). I would love to see if McAvoy-Krug could work as a pair. I feel like they’d dominate possession. Then play Miller with Moore or Grzelcyk.