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Originally Posted by natey2k4
Cammalleri - Desharnais - Cole
Pacioretty - Plekanec - Gionta
Moen - Eller - Kostitsyn
White - Gomez - Double Shifting Forward*
Markov - Gorges
Emelin - Diaz (****ing love this pairing)
Kaberle - Subban
Gill
* Darche/Weber if we go with 12 forwards.
- Blunden demoted.
- Campoli traded or waived.
EX: Darche, Weber, Nokelainen
NOTE: Defense is hard to figure out. I don't want Gill in the Top-6. Can Kaberle play RD? I don't like Emelin on RD, plus I love him with Diaz. Subban goes to 3rd pairing by default (but he'd have lots of PP time and PK time anyway, so he'd be playing 20 minutes per game still).
Ideally, I'd probably trade Gill and let Weber play as the 7th defenseman, with the odd shift on the 4th line when everyone is tired.
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Shocking, I agree with you. Letting Subban skate with both Gill and Kaberle would let him get the ice time he needs, as well as know when to shutdown and when to go offense. Emelin-Diaz is amazing, especially considering how little chemistry they had at first.
Preferably Gomez is gone too. Nokelainen is pretty good at faceoffs and can kill penalties, which is more useful than Gomez. Eller/Nokelainen as our PK guys gives Plekanec some rest. I'd prefer Blunden to Darche as the 12th though, he's younger and could have a future as a fourth liner here. White/Blunden-Nokelainen-White/Blunden could be a good physical line(who don't take penalties) who can put up points every now and then. All three have untapped offensive potential. Especially Nokelainen, I'll be disappointed if we let him go for nothing. He's young, wins faceoffs, Finnish, is big and can kill penalties.