Matthews is like a great white shark on the PP. Lurking and lurking then BANG!!! He strikes. If we could clone Marner so 34 would have what JT has at 5 on 5 ..........Holy Crap!!!!!
That would be great, but not even necessary.
Put Marner with Matthews and Tavares with Nylander.
If Tavares plays with Nylander, i'm betting that Tavares is more productive.
Here me out.
Whoever Marner plays with is going to score goals, we know that. But Marner scores 20 goals a year and Hyman even less. To get the most out of Tavares it would be ideal to have players on his wing that can finish scoring chances. Tavares can drive a line, while Matthews is more shoot first.
Tavares is scoring more goals but his point pace is similar to last year.
If they want to load up offensively I propose:
Kapanen-Matthews-Marner
Kadri-Tavares-Nylander
balance
Johnsson-Matthews-Marner
Kapanen-Tavares-Nylander
Hyman-Kadri-Marleau
Give shooting options on J.T's wing.
If Tavares is facing second line match ups and has two scoring threats on his wing, wow. His point total would probably go up. I'm betting Matthews-Marner totals may even go up as well but who really knows until you test it.