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as much as i always say xfinity can choke on a bag of dicks they did just give kickbro 2 free tix so we’re going to the home opener on monday night.
look for me on tv! i’ll be the guy in the flyers hat.
Laine will play, unless hurt or traded.
Nothing will change with that.
we’re not far away, just replace Laine by Veleno 🙂
Laine will play, unless hurt or traded.
Nothing will change with that.
Hi Pat,
I honestly don’t know what I would do. I think the idea of a balanced lineup works but some of these lines will also need an identity at some point. Last season Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher was a very effective line that you would give defensive zone starts to (because Dvorak would win the faceoff) and their job was to get the puck deep and cycle it until they might get a scoring chance. That’s an identity.
Currently, the Suzuki line is a scoring (pretty dominating too) line.
The Demidov-Kapanen-Newhook line’s identity is speed and so far, it seems to work. Even if Demidov obviously needs to learn the defensive system as he tends to leave a guy completely open.
I don’t dislike the Bolduc-Dach-Gallagher line, even if they do seem a bit lost defensively… seems like Bolduc is carrying it more than anything at this point and I’m not sure they have an identity yet.
The Evans line right now, in my opinion, is a mess…. in huge part because of Laine that doesn’t really belong there… That’s a line that I don’t really feel has any real “role” on a team and might need to be changed at some point.yeah, I agree with your assessment of those combinations. if they could just start winning more faceoffs or at least get that % to an acceptable level then it could help things tremendously, we’ll see how things evolve I guess as the season goes.
I am not terribly worried at this point, for the most part, they are playing well.
We will continue to see things as they are for now, until there is a bad game or two.
Evens deserves better. Heck, so does Anderson.
Still think it ends up:
Caufield Suzuki Slaf
Laine Dach Bolduc
Newhook Kapanen Demidov
Anderson Evans GallyThe only thing that may drastically force changes is if the Kapenen line gets into a slump.
Also, I think Gally and Bolduc work well together, too.
so switch Gally ans Dach in the previous post
fuck Dach tooI think this will be a line at some point.
In a good way, Kapenen mixed everything up with the way he plays with Demidov (and Newhook).
The Laine problem will be a problem all season, is my guess.
Caufield Suzuki Slaf
Bolduc Veleno Dach
Newhook Kapanen Demidov
Anderson Evans Gallythat would be my lineup. fuck Laine
