dgibb10
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My biggest question is the power play.Tatar had some chemistry with Nico and Mercer before, those are some combos with them I would explore.
Noesen is a "bottom-sixer" that scores efficiently, brings some jam, forechecks, and has decently good hands around the net. I think you can get big value from him next to more talented players. He doesn't need to touch the puck much, which is an ideal fit next to players like Jack and Bratt. Palat and Haula also often look good together, another combo to explore.
They have a lot of interchangeable parts and wingers that can move up and down. There won't be any rigid lines.
Do you take Nico Hischier off of PP1 and replace him with a clearly better netfront guy in noesen? In that case, who takes faceoffs?
Do you take one of the wingers off PP1 in Bratt (so he can handle entries on PP2) or Meier?
Which D do you have on PP1, Hamilton or Luke.
I think the easiest fix is Nico for Noesen, which hurts nico's point totals but imo would make our PP better.
Otherwise Nico, Noesen, Jack, then 1 of these pairs: Luke/Meier, or Bratt/Hamilton.
This leaves 1 of Luke or Bratt to handle zone entries for PP2, which could not break into the zone at ALL last year