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Originally Posted by Gaskal
Based off of the possession numbers you have to keep Zary-Kadri-Sharangovich together as well as Pospisil-Backlund-Coleman. There's already a thread on the former and the latter has numbers that are comparable.
These guys have made things work quite well with the linemates they have. The problem is that the players Huberdeau's shown any sort of chemistry with previously are from the above list.
With who's left, you're basically left with the options of square peg in a round hole (stick him with Lindholm and have the 1st line struggle) or throw him some depth players for energy and essentially shove your 10 million dollar winger to the 4th line. But since Huska seems perfectly happy to bench him for an entire period if he's underperforming, then I'd suggest the 4th line option.
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Thing is the numbers say Huberdeau-Lindholm-Mangiapane should be unspectacular but fine.
Huberdeau-Lindholm-Mangiapane: 58.5% xGF, 68.2% HDCF, 57.1% GF (4GF, 3GA)
This line has worked and shouldn't have been broken up. Even if it hasn't been super productive they have drove play and been strong defensively.
Zary-Kadri-Sharangovich: 69.4% xGF, 76.5% HDCF, 40% GF (2GF, 3GA)
Pospisil-Backlund-Coleman: 70.8% xGF, 42.9% HDCF, -% GF (0GF, 0GA)
Small sample sizes but those lines have been working. Just need to keep building chemistry.