Again...Skille > Tyrell, Cracknell, Topp, etc. But go ahead, keep rolling out Cracknell - Wennberg - Tropp as your 3rd line.
Who else are we going to put there? Gibbons and Skills are both seeing top 6 time. Once we're healthy a few of the tweeners will get sent down(Tyrell, Cracknell) Tropp, Chaput or Bill will get scratched while Wennberg and one of Jenner, Anisimov or Letestu will play wing and our possession numbers will skyrocket.
When we are healthy I think our lineup looks a little something like this, at least until some players get back into gameshape and can take on more minutes
Foligno-Johansen-Atkinson
If it aint broke, dont fix it.
Hartnell-Jenner-Wennberg
Having Dubinsky back allows Wennberg to slide back to the wing and possibly see some favorable minutes in a role position a good playmaker on a very effectice cycle line. While its only a small sample, Jenner and Hartnell are meshing and are just absolutely on fire right now. And I think having Wennbergs speed and skill on that line will just create more chances for them, or vice versa.
Calvert-Dubinsky-Anisimov
Anisimov and Dubi havent played on the same line since they were first acquired from NYR and I could see this being a high energy, very effective two way line producing on both ends of the rink.
Gibbons-Letestu-Skille
This is the energy line, Skille is always a threat if he has space and the puck on his stick(if he can hit the net
) while Letestu will drive possession and Gibbons is an effective playmaker. They all are pretty quick and tend to hold on to the puck pretty well.
Scratched
Boll, Cracknell
Now Wennberg wont see every shift with that line and is likely that he and Anisimov would swap out depending on who they are playing and the current situation on the ice. Richards likes to mix and match quite a bit but I really like giving Jenner the oppurtunity to roam freely around the ice in both ends. There was talk(not necessarily on these boards but in general) of him not having the speed to play center but I dont think thats true. His combination of physicality, tenacity and skill makes him too valuable to be stuck at wing.
