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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I agree. Lazar is a better offensive player than Hathaway, whether he has the points to show it now or not. He seems to create more than anyone else on the fourth line.
My only concern would be that Lazar and Stajan seem to have a bit of chemistry, at least as far as having a pretty effective forecheck is concerned (admittedly with almost no finish). But Lomberg-Stajan-Hathaway might be good as well.
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When it comes to Stajan with Lazar the numbers are as follows:
Stajan w/ Lazar: CF% 48 / SCF% 48
Stajan w/o Lazar: CF% 51 / SCF% 50
Lazar w/o Stajan: CF% 49 / SCF% 53
Seems like they generate a slight bit better apart. However when you add Lomberg to those 2 versus Hathaway they are much better.
Lomberg-Stajan-Lazar CF% 59 / SCF% 75
Lomberg-Stajan-Hathaway CF% 45 / SCF% 40
I think the time those lines have played together is too little to draw much from those numbers however there is evidence pointing to Lazar being a better fit on either line. I guess for me, at least for today's game, I'd rather see Lazar tried on the struggling 3rd line and know the 4th line could be worse with Hathaway. If it clearly isn't working during the game, it should be an easy decision to swap those 2.