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Is this the worst NHL lineup we've seen since.... ??

amnesiac

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Since who? Help me out

Expansion Sens or Sharks??
 
Top 2 lines are just average 4th lines on most teams, if not worse.

All 6 forwards in the bottom 6 belong in the AHL.

This makes the SJ Sharks look like the 1982/83 Edmonton Oilers.

Not sure what the record is for worst loss/biggest blowout/largest margin of victory….but it might be broken soon.
 
This is how I'd chalk up the 18 skaters playing today if they were on basically any other team, one that wasn't openly tanking and trying to be somewhat remotely competitive, even if not successful:

Forwards:

Dickinson - third line center
Kurashev - third line winger
Donato - fourth liner
Blackwell - plug/13th or 14th forward/possible waiver fodder
Entwistle - plug/13th or 14th forward/possible waiver fodder

Reichel - Sent down/AHLer
Guttman - Call up/AHLer with healthy lineup

R. Johnson - waiver fodder
Katchouk - waiver fodder

Sanford - waiver fodder/AHLer
Pitlick- AHLer
Seney - AHLer

Defense:

Vlasic - rookie, solid 2nd pair defensive defenseman
Murphy - #5 defenseman

Tinordi - plug/7th defenseman/possible waiver fodder
Zaitsev - plug/7th defeseman/possible waiver fodder

Korchinski - assigned back to Juniors

Megna - waiver fodder/AHLer
 
I think they would be competitive if they just traded Lucas Riechel for a bag of pucks.

At least that is what I heard some Hawks fans say.
 
As a guy who likes Isaak Phillips, I'm sad that he can't crack that lineup.
He was a -9 in the three games between Christmas and New Year's. I think he'll be back up before the season ends but they had to get him out of the lineup for his own good. We'll see on him... no longer waiver-exempt starting next year, so I think they'll re-sign him to some 1 or 2 year cheap deal and give him a real shot to make the roster next season (Hawks should still be really bad), but there's going to be push from Ethan Del Mastro in particular, I reckon.
 
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