ATD 2012 Lineup Advice Thread

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Originally Posted by nik jr

i would switch stewart and forsberg. that would better reflect their position on the ice and stewart was also apparently better on faceoffs.

good point

[tony d]

Was wondering about if I should slot John Ogrodnick, Yuri Lebedev or Dave Babych into my starting lineup? Please advise. Really thinking about putting Ogrodnick on the 3rd line ahead of Mcphee.

[arrbez]

Originally Posted by tony d

Was wondering about if I should slot John Ogrodnick, Yuri Lebedev or Dave Babych into my starting lineup? Please advise. Really thinking about putting Ogrodnick on the 3rd line ahead of Mcphee.

Post your roster!

[tony d]

Woody Dumart (A)- Mark Messier (C)-Yvan Cournoyer
Vincent Damphousse-Mats Sundin-Steve Larmer
Mike Mcphee-Don Luce-Stan Smyl
Rusty Crawford-Paul Ronty-Frank Glass

Extras: John Ogrodnick, Yuri Lebedev

JC Tremblay (A)-Sylvio Mantha
Sergei Gonchar-Terry Harper
George Mcnamara-Oldrich Malchac

Extras: Dave Babych

[Hawkey Town 18]

My team Captain is Bill Cook, one of my A's is going to be Reg Noble. Should the other be Art Ross or Ching Johnson?

[BillyShoe1721]

Since doing some research on Neal Broten, I'm really considering making him my 4th line center. He's better offensively than Linden, Broten has very good PK usage(looking at it it's likely better than Linden's but I haven't run the numbers), and has a better Selke record. Broten's adjusted career PPG is .7197 over 1,099 games compared to Linden's .6324 over 1,382 games. The only thing that Linden definitely has on Broten is physicality and leadership. I've got 6 captains in my starting roster, so leadership is not a problem. My 4th line would look like:

Fleming-Linden/Broten-Wharram

[MadArcand]

Broten has 37% PK usage to 33% by Linden.

[seventieslord]

I agree Broten is the better player in a vaccuum, but when I think "atd role player" I think of Linden and not Broten.

[monster_bertuzzi]

Originally Posted by seventieslord

I agree Broten is the better player in a vaccuum, but when I think "atd role player" I think of Linden and not Broten.

That's right. Broten is isn't big enough or gritty enough to be a standout bottom 6 player, and isn't good enough for the second line C role.

[EagleBelfour]

Powerplay:

Frank Mahovlich - Odie Cleghorn - Sidney Crosby
Jan Suchy - Didier Pitre

Paul Thompson - Billy Burch - Milan Novy (A)
Jiri Bubla - Frank Patrick

OR

Frank Mahovlich - Sidney Crosby - Didier Pitre
Jan Suchy - Jiri Bubla

Paul Thompson - Odie Cleghorn - Milan Novy
Valeri Vasiliev - Frank Patrick

Other candidate:

Nick Metz
Ralph Backstrom
Floyd Curry
Jaroslav Jirik
Alf Skinner

[Nalyd Psycho]

First one, but why is Syd on the wing?

[EagleBelfour]

Originally Posted by Nalyd Psycho

First one, but why is Syd on the wing?

It's more like Cleghorn in the slot.

[Nalyd Psycho]

Originally Posted by EagleBelfour

It's more like Cleghorn in the slot.

I guess, but it's usually understood that wingers are the slot players and centres the playmakers, so it reads to me like you expect Cleghorn to be the passer.