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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I still think there's a massive chemistry problem up front. Our good players are fine, statistically they all are playing above water, but the sum of the parts is worse than the individuals in this case.
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It's getting too late for new line combos, but it's pretty desperately needed imo.
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I agree -- at some point I think you have to consider separating the Backlund line because the Lindholm and Kadri lines are just average when they need to be better than that. However, they don't have the benefit of time for massive line juggling at the point in the season, especially when they've still been "okay" overall (largely lead by the Backlund line).
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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Mangiapane-Lindy-Coleman
Huberdeau-Kadri-Ruzicka
Pelletier-Backlund-Dube
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You're missing Toffoli
speaking of which, the problem is that while Toffoli and Lindholm haven't been great (they weren't last year either when Johnny was the other winger), Toffoli is arguably an even worse fit with Kadri. I'd like to see:
Huby - Backlund - Toffoli
Pelletier - Lindholm - Dube
Mangiapane - Kadri - Coleman
Won't ever happen, but I don't think Lindholm/Toffoli and Kadri/Huberdeau have done enough as pairs to necessarily keep them together.