Quote:
Originally Posted by gvitaly
I'd actually like to switch Coleman and Tkachuk on those lines. I think that Coleman has the speed to keep up with Gaudreau in transition, while Tkachuk has shown chemistry with Backlund and Mangiapane before.
|
Understatement!
Tkachuk-Backlund-Mangiapane
440:34 TOI
55.45% xGF
3.43 GF/60
2.76 GA/60 (but... Markstrom was pretty bad last year)
That line produces offense at a first line rate. If Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm/Bennett/Ritchie were not such an awful line, and produced even at a solid second line rate 5v5, we make the playoffs last year. And if Tkachuk doesn't get hurt in the Stars series, I'd bet on us to win that series.