His existence was the one thing that made Nill’s recent press conference smell like total bullshit to me. You’re telling me if Bichsel forces your hand and plays better than Ryan Suter you’re gonna be flexible to that? Please.
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His existence was the one thing that made Nill’s recent press conference smell like total bullshit to me. You’re telling me if Bichsel forces your hand and plays better than Ryan Suter you’re gonna be flexible to that? Please.
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I'm confused why everyone doesn't understand the D pairings. You want a guy on each pairing who can get the puck out, so how the hell is a Suter-Hakanpaa pairing gonna do anything but get stuck in their own end for minutes on end? Or maybe you want to see a Harely-Heiskanen pairing playing 35+ minutes a night, guaranteeing that they're worn out and nursing injuries come playoffs?
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Looks like DeBoer came back from summer deciding to keep the same lines as last season intact. Breaking up Lindell-Hakanpaa is the only change of note.
Suter-Hakanpaa may not be ideal but I’d rather have that as our bottom pair than have Suter on the top pair.
If you stick with what you're suggesting (which I think is a good idea in a vacuum), then Miro, Harley and Nils have to be split up. That leave Suter, Lindell or Hakanpaa to play with Miro on the first pair. That’s no good.
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Did Saad forget the Nils played 60 regular season games? Holy f*** what a stupid question at 1:50.
Pretty sure its Saad.. maybe Im wrong.
Nils has double the NHL games, and is a year older, apparently he is following in Harleys footsteps
LOL
DeBoer rolls 4 lines so it’s definitely important for us to spread the wealth. They touched on that a bit in their press conferences. They like Hintz/Johnston/Duchene all on separate lines as rush threats. We’ll see if that holds up though.
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That's fine, but Robertson-Johnston could be an even better combo than with Hintz. Maybe not, but I want to see it...
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In terms of games that mattered, Lundkvist played zero playoff games because he was scratched after Harley leapfrogged him to climb up the depth chart. Seems like a fine question to me.Thomas Harley on Team Success | Dallas Stars
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Did Saad forget the Nils played 60 regular season games? Holy f*** what a stupid question at 1:50.
Pretty sure its Saad.. maybe Im wrong.
Nils has double the NHL games, and is a year older, apparently he is following in Harleys footsteps
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Look at Harelys response, the question is off.
Lundqvist made the team, Harley didn't. The guy isn't following in Harleys footsteps.
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Disagree. Harley goes into this season knowing he has a spot. We can’t say the same about Lundkvist.
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Miro and Harley should not play together, they are our two best puck movers.
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When Miro was paired with Miller last season 5on5 Miller still usually ended up with just 15-18 minutes. Doubt that happens with Suter but its possible to manage down the minutes of one defenseman on a pairing while the other still plays 25+
Like i really don't want to see a Suter-Hakanpää pairing. That just screams really slow. Much worse than Esa-Hakanpää was. That pairing at least didn't really become a problem until the playoffs started . Don't think you want to hurt yourself with a third pairing like that on purpose.
Also i really do not want to see Suter quarterbacking the 2nd PP unit again. It didn't work last year and there's better younger options available in Harley and Lundkvist
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I'm really hoping March, Duchene and Segs click as a line, but I'm not getting my hopes up
If Stank or Bourque make the team, I guess that would bump March or Segs down to play with Faksa and Delly. Either way this has to be one of our most stacked forward group we've had in along time
If Stank or Bourque make the team, I guess that would bump March or Segs down to play with Faksa and Delly. Either way this has to be one of our most stacked forward group we've had in along time
