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Originally Posted by stemit14
Yeah. You can call the lines any numbers you want… I would prefer to roll four lines instead of having one line (Rooney’s line) being so poor that you have to sit them for the 4th period. Instead, roll the forward lines based on pairings like this evenly for even strength minutes:
Huberdeau-Kadri
Coronato-Zary
Sharangovich-Frost
Coleman-Backlund
Mix in the remaining wingers in whichever way works best. Waive or trade Rooney. Start playing Lomberg in and out of the lineup down the stretch. Keeps his energy/impact up for every game he gets in. First guess:
Huberdeau-Kadri-Posposil
Farabee-Zary-Coronato
Sharangovich-Frost-Klapka
Lomberg/Hunt-Backlund-Coleman
Powerplay units:
Farabee-Frost-Coronato
Zary-Weegar
Sharangovich-Kadri-Backlund
Huberdeau-Andersson
Penalty kill units:
Backlund-Coleman
Andersson-Bahl
Frost-Huberdeau
Weegar-Pachal
Between powerplay and penalty kill, Backlund and Coleman still likely end up with more minutes than lots of forwards.
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That's just not the point, sadly.
Backlund needs to play when the best opposing players play. They play a lot. So he gets 15 minutes.
Kadri to be effective gets 15 minutes.
That leaves 18 minutes for the two younger centers.
Hence Zary on the wing until Backlund "loses it"