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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
how is Coleman a middle-sixer when he's been a top-six calibre forward for each of the last three seasons
Tampa is probably the one team where Coleman would ever consistently be on a third line. He was a first-line forward in NJ.
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I think that fans put too much emphasis on line numbering, and that who you are playing with is some sort of reflection of your value.
Going into the season, I think most people would have ranked Coleman somewhere between 5th and 7th among forwards. My list would have been:
Gaudreau
Lindholm
Tkachuk
Monahan
Mangiapane
Backlund
Coleman (with Backlund and Coleman pretty interchangeable)
Dube
Pitlick
as the top 9. So far, 7 games into the season, based on how they are playing RIGHT NOW, I would rank them:
Gaudreau
Lindholm
Mangiapane
Coleman
Tkachuk
Backlund
Dube
Monahan
Pitlick
What line they play on is pretty irrelevant to me, as long as the team is having success.
Also, even if we wanted to rank the lines from 1 to 4, I am not sure that Coleman - Backlund - Pitlick would be 3rd. If you wanted to number them, I would say we have a 1, 2A, 2B, and 4.
But again, line numbers are hugely over-rated.