Line Combos: Best 3rd line ever?

[Mark Stones Spleen]

One of those early 2000s Devils' teams had a very good third line too. Can't remember the line combos but Madden with pandolfo were great, and whatever year Bobby Holik was on the third line was very strong too.

 

[SenzZen]

Pahlsson with Neidermeyer and Moen for the Ducks in 06-07? It's probably folly to call any group like this the best ever, but I'm putting them in the conversation.

Came here to nominate those f***ers, too.

 

[Summer Rose]

Came here to nominate those f***ers, too.

A fun thing about Travis Moen is that the "cup-winning goal" (i.e. the GWG in the deciding game) was an own goal, but credited to him.

 

[x Tame Impala]

2010 Hawks: Ladd-Bolland-Versteeg was pretty damn great

 

[Dread Clawz]

At 5v5, this line has 60.26% of expected goal share this playoffs.

 

[Doothpick]

Glad to read that people remember the straight-up legendary performance of '07 Moen - Pahlsson - Special Niedermayer. I haven't seen a shutdown line like that since. They just suffocated every opponent's top line while out-scoring them as well. To be fair they had either Pronger or Niedermayer (or the ever underrated Beauchemin!) on the ice with them pretty much all the time, so that definitely helped.

Still what a run for that trio, and one I always fondly remember. Oh yeah and f*** the red wings, I miss that rivalry.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

The Devils had Madden, Pandolfo and Brylin from 2000 to around 2004. That was a damn good 3rd line.

 

[VaporTrail]

Always enjoyed watching Graves-Tikkanen-Gelinas...Can't remember if they were a 3rd or 4th line...But they were a great grinding line that could chip in some goals...They won a cup in '90

 

[HabsQC]

I remember

Niedermayer - Pahlsson - Moen

Were playing very well for Anaheim at some point

 

[HabsQC]

were pahlson niedermayer moen the ducks 3rd line? if they were, i vote them.

 

[Grifter3511]

As for the topic, not going to say the 'best ever' but Canes in 06 had Doug Weight - Matt Cullen - Ray Whitney as the 3rd line I believe and they put up 51 points in between the 3 of them (18, 16, 15). That line up had an incredibly deep forward group with E. Staal, Cory Stillman, Dr. Recchi, Brind'Amour, Justin Williams, Erik Cole (injured), Andrew Ladd, Weight, Cullen, Whitney in the top 9.

You may want to double check that math...still, impressive numbers.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

You may want to double check that math...still, impressive numbers.

My bad. I'm not a mather type person

 

[DaveG]

As for the topic, not going to say the 'best ever' but Canes in 06 had Doug Weight - Matt Cullen - Ray Whitney as the 3rd line I believe and they put up 51 points in between the 3 of them (18, 16, 15). That line up had an incredibly deep forward group with E. Staal, Cory Stillman, Dr. Recchi, Brind'Amour, Justin Williams, Erik Cole (injured), Andrew Ladd, Weight, Cullen, Whitney in the top 9.

beat me to it. That Canes forward group was stupid deep in 06. For all the criticism that team gets I still think that's one of the deepest forward groups we've seen in the cap era.

 

[Hollowmoon]

Luostarinen had another away point. Grazy stats.

 

[BFLO]

You think I'm cute, I know I'm sexy, I got the looks that drive the girls wild

LLM is on pace to challenge HBK as best 3rd line ever.

If they also end up playing 24 games and stay on this insane pace:

Marchand 24gp 6g 18a 24p
Luostarinen 24gp 6g 18a 24p
Lundell 24gp 8g 12a 22p

 

[BigKing]

Came here to say the '07 Ducks 3rd line but looks like a lot of other old guys haven't forgotten.

Was at Game 2 in Anaheim. Ducks won 1-0 and the Spezza line did absolutely jack shit with Pahlsson scoring the lone goal. I've never left an arena faster in my life. I was so pissed off. Knew the Ducks were winning a Cup before the Kings.

 

[3074326]

HBK, half of HFBoards thought Kessel should have won the CS