Devin Setoguchi

[Vashanesh]

Originally Posted by Jarick

Cullen can play wing and both he and Butch are UFA's next summer.

I honestly think Cullen-Brodziak-Clutterbuck will be the third line.

Seto with Clutter and Cullen IMO looked pretty mediocre last year.

With a higher QoC and way more minutes than they would likely see in my pipe dream.

Put those guys out against other teams bottom-6 and maybe even bottom pair D? Even Cullen isn't THAT snakebit.

[Foxlockbox]

Originally Posted by Bookman

The Wild certainly seem to be collecting a lot of guys that could be effective 3rd liners and still provide offense: Larsson for example. Who's to say he won't eventually put up 2nd line numbers playing on a 3rd line?

I just remember the big debate wheter actual scoring 3rd lines even exist in the salary cap era or something, thats begging for another one like that. But I think this one could actually be interesting.

[rynryn]

three scoring lines could exist in the salary cap era as long as some of those guys are on their entry level deals. Gets dicier after that. If you do have the three lines, it won't be for long.

[nickschultzfan]

Originally Posted by Foxlockbox

I just remember the big debate wheter actual scoring 3rd lines even exist in the salary cap era or something, thats begging for another one like that. But I think this one could actually be interesting.

It's entirely possible if you have young kids step up. The Hawks 3rd line was Ladd-Bolland-Havlat and Ladd-Bolland-Versteeg in the two years they were awesome.

And the reason they couldn't retain 3rd scoring lines is because the Hawks made the wrong call on their players. They gave huge 2nd contracts to Kane, Toews, Seabrook, Keith, Hjarm, and Crawford, and thought that Ladd, Buf, Versteeg, and Brouwer were replaceable.

I'm not saying that Kane, Toews, Seabrook, Keith, and Hjarm didn't deserve raises, but they overpayed for those guys, and they might have been better re-signing a guys like Ladd and Versteeg for reasonable contracts, and then bargaining harder with the others.

I know this sounds complete crazy, as was at the time, but the Hawks would have been in better shape had they re-signed Ladd and Versteeg, kept Brouwer, and then traded Kane for a good top-6 center and Dman to replace Campbell when Kane's value was sky-high. Yeah, crazy, but would have been better.

[keppel146]

i expected better, but he and others were injured A LOT. again im expecting a bounce back yr from him. like his speed and has a pretty decent shot. need better than 19 goals or 36 points from a young guy who is talented as he is