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Domi does not belong at center, he’s a winger on the Matthews line.
Which would put Jarnkrok in the middle on the 4th line and I bet that’s what Berube hates.
Well, I see Chicago lost the first one to Florida (shit lol). I got the Penguins Rangers game on now. Nice to catch a bit of the league’s opening night 👍
The solution is this:
Joshua | Matthews | Nylander
Knies | Tavares | Domi
McMann | Roy | Maccelli
Lorentz | Jarnkrok | RobertsonSo long as Matthews doesn’t mind being the passer of his line and not the shooter (he can do both), and Knies would have to do more physical board work and let JT still park his ass in front of the net. Minor tweaks but if those two guys made those adjustments I could see that working.
Absolutely don’t like this line-up at all.
1st line isn’t dangerous enough. 2nd line is a defensive mess. 3rd line is small, not tough or strong enough to be a shut down line. Roy is getting paid A LOT to be a 4th liner when he was supposed to be the new shut down 3C.
When Laughton returns, Quillan or Blais go down and one of Robertson or Jarnkrok goes to the press box. Cowan belongs with the Marlies for now.
When it comes to the 1st line Matthews looked good this preseason. If he truly was hurt last season and is back to being more like he was he’ll be dangerous. As for his linemates so long as Knies keeps moving forward I do think that line will be fine.
Second line… Nylander is the offensive weapon, JT does have offensive talent just no speed so let him lean towards the offensive side of the neutral zone. This will work so long as McMann can play a very strong two way game and there is a VERY big question mark when it comes to that.
That 3rd line sucks defensively, I sincerely hope this is for nothing more than to sell Robertson. Line him up with a couple passers, let him score a few times in the first 10 games and get the best return they can for him.
Line 4, an over priced C who hopefully gets bumped back up to where he belongs when Laughton is back, I like Lorentz as well, I’m hoping they either sell off Järnkrok for something decent once Blais gets to know Berube’s Leaf game better. At least they’re still better than the current line 3 though.
Now that the dust has settled, here is Toronto’s projected cap-compliant roster to start 2025-26:
Knies – Matthews – Maccelli
McMann – Tavares – Nylander
Joshua – Domi – Robertson
Lorentz – Roy – Järnkrok
Extras: Quillan, Blais
IR: LaughtonRielly – Carlo
McCabe – Tanev
Ekman-Larsson – Benoit
Extra: MyersStolarz
Primeau
Non-roster: WollThat 3rd line looks just brutal under Berube’s style of hockey, a couple of midgets with a big winger on a recovery season. Here’s hoping Robertson keeps scoring since his linemates will pass to him basically non stop very predictably *shakes head*
As for Cowan, it’s the right call. If all he will be for the leafs is a 12/13th type guy put him on the Marlies. Only make him a leaf if he’s a full time top 12 guy at the VERY bare minimum.
I think once Laughton comes back, Cowan will be brought up. Berube really liked that 4th line.
Unless someone who is filling in performs well in the interim.That or Treliving is trying to sell some players and is essentially forcing his coach to play them.
