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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Yeah I think the bar for claiming success for those lines is too low. It’s been a long time since they’ve worked against good teams.
Trying a different approach on line combinations for 20+ games is pretty low on my list of complaints for this team.
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Long term I still think where you have centres who are very good but not like a Mackinnon, Matthews, McDavid, etc, like Monahan and Lindholm, you are best off if you can play them on different lines. The problem is that the RWs on Monahan’s line this year are sub par. I’m not talking “not first line quality”. I’m talking “of no use at all”.
Playing these guys together may be the best option for now, but when POs come, the team will look pretty thin and easy to defend. Hell, didn’t people think Tavares on a line with Matthews and Marner was easier to game plan for than if you had to deal with Matthews coming out and then Tavares on the next shift? Isn’t Edmonton weaker when they have to play Draisaitl and McDavid together?