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Jeff Lebowski · 07-31-2021, 10:05 PM

Reading some posts where people have scribbled out lineups and especially the D pairings, I'm seeing a lot of cases with:
Hanifin - Tanev
And I realize it's with good reason. Gio is gone, they were lights out together, and if you load up the top line with 13-28-19 why not do that for top pair?

I love that pairing too but without Gio to anchor other pairing I'm wondering if they need to have Hanifin and Tanev anchor their own pairings again.

You have to see chemistry and 55-8 definitely have it but I also know 55-4 have it too. I would like to keep that going but I wonder - even on paper - about Zadorov & Tanev as a potential pair? Perhaps there's not enough transition in that combo?

I kind of really want 55 and 8 to be the key guys on pairs 1 and 2.

07-31-2021, 10:05 PM	#461
Jeff Lebowski #1 Goaltender Join Date: Nov 2015 Exp:	Reading some posts where people have scribbled out lineups and especially the D pairings, I'm seeing a lot of cases with: Hanifin - Tanev And I realize it's with good reason. Gio is gone, they were lights out together, and if you load up the top line with 13-28-19 why not do that for top pair? I love that pairing too but without Gio to anchor other pairing I'm wondering if they need to have Hanifin and Tanev anchor their own pairings again. You have to see chemistry and 55-8 definitely have it but I also know 55-4 have it too. I would like to keep that going but I wonder - even on paper - about Zadorov & Tanev as a potential pair? Perhaps there's not enough transition in that combo? I kind of really want 55 and 8 to be the key guys on pairs 1 and 2. Last edited by Jeff Lebowski; 07-31-2021 at 10:11 PM.