Coach: Hap Day
Patrick Elias - Frank Nighbor (A) - Charlie Conacher
Vladimir Krutov - Frank Boucher (A) - Rod Gilbert
Zach Parise - Anze Kopitar - Cecil Dillon
Nick Metz - Claude Giroux - ??????
Slava Fetisov (K) - Drew Doughty
Herb Gardiner - Erik Karlsson
Ryan Suter - Jimmy Thomson
Clint Benedict
Should I make Tony Amonte or Rick Tocchet my regular starter at 4th line RW? Here's some info to consider:
- 4th line RW will get very little playing time and no special teams time, likely 6-8 ES min a night
- Amonte is the better ES scorer 54 vs. 47 for 7yr ES vs.X
- While Amonte definitely has some grit to his game, Tocchet is much tougher, he's outright nasty and can fight
- The 4th line you see above will only play together for about 3 min a game, the remaining ES minutes will feature one of Nighbor/Boucher/Kopitar at C with Giroux on the LW. (Metz will play 1st unit PK so he makes up for the lost time there).