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Nelson · 03-14-2019, 12:47 PM

I wasn't sure where to put this, but Todd Cordell's most recent article on where to play Neal when he returns is interesting. These are his suggested lines (Hathaway coming out):

Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik
Bennett - Jankowski - Czarnik
Mangiapane - Ryan - Neal

Basically, he says that
-you shouldn't change the first two lines, which are playing well;
-you shouldn't substitute Czarnik for Neal because Bennett - Jankowski - Czarnik has much better underlying numbers than Bennett - Jankowski - Neal; and
-that leaves you with the 4th line, the weakest of which is Hathaway.

03-14-2019, 12:47 PM	#7
Nelson First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2016 Exp:	I wasn't sure where to put this, but Todd Cordell's most recent article on where to play Neal when he returns is interesting. These are his suggested lines (Hathaway coming out): Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik Bennett - Jankowski - Czarnik Mangiapane - Ryan - Neal Basically, he says that -you shouldn't change the first two lines, which are playing well; -you shouldn't substitute Czarnik for Neal because Bennett - Jankowski - Czarnik has much better underlying numbers than Bennett - Jankowski - Neal; and -that leaves you with the 4th line, the weakest of which is Hathaway.