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Originally Posted by zukes
Makes way too much sense. I like Huska and it seems that the feeling is the same in the room. Guys seem to really like him. I can't stand the constant line juggling though. Guys just start to develop some chemistry and then things change. I said it after the first juggling of the lines after the hot start. Set the lines above and let it ride for a month and see where things stand.
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For me it's just sticking with Line combos that have worked:
Huberdeau - Kadri - Pospisil: 55 minutes, 59.3% xGF, 57.1% GF (4-3)
It's early days for this line but they have been successful so far.
Coleman - Backlund - Coronato: 102 minutes, 56.6% xGF, 60% GF (3-2)
This line has looked more effective with Coleman on the wing than it has with Sharangovich on that wing and I get that they wanted Coleman to help shelter Zary, but I don't think it's worked. I also think Sharangovich and Coronato, ike to play/shoot from similar areas and it puts both of our best pure shooters on the same line.
If you can lock in those two lines then you have a lot of questions / Flexibility on the other two lines IMO.
Kuzmenko, Zary, Sharangovich, Pelletier as those more suited for line 3 in an offensive role.
Lomberg, Duehr, Rooney, Pelleier as those that can work on a 4th line role.
I'd like to see Pelletier higher up the lineup, but right now it's working for Pelletier-Rooney-Duehr and I'd probably give Lomberg all the time he needs with his wife/baby at home and give him another game off.
Which leaves Sharangovich - Zary - Kuzmenko as the line that I think could have some offensive success if you can shelter them a bit and keep them away from other teams top lines.
