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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
I was interested to see that JH and AB were split up, and haven't really missed a beat. A lot of non-household names (at least on the other side of the continent), so it wasn't an easy lineup to guess.
Got any Borts?
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They broke those two up to spread out the creative players to separate lines. Each player drives the play in his own right and can set up others easily. Barkov has turned Verhaeghe into a top line player this year. Huberdeau has made Wennberg into a legitimate 2nd line center. Lots of things have gone right this year, which I think was just dumb luck.
Acciari was great last year, as was Vatrano. They just picked up where they left up and got even better. Luostarinen has been a surprise for me as I never heard of him before this year. Tippett and Marchment have been projects for a while (Marchment with the Leafs before this).
The new GM has been quite shrewd when finding good young players about to pop. I hope he can keep it up with these new acquisitions.