Speculation: Our Lineup for Game 1 of the Playoffs?

[smitty10]

What's your guess for our lineup for the first round of the playoffs given all the additions we've seen over the past couple days?

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[Stuart Little]

If it were me - I would go with

Line 1
Simmonds - Matthews - Marner

Line 2
Galchenyuk - Tavares - Nylander

Line 3
Hyman - Foligno - Mikheyev

Line 4
Spezza - Nash - Kerfoot

Extras - Thornton, Engvall, Robertson

Defence

Rielly - Brodie
Muzzin - Holl
Bogosian - Dermott

Extras - Hutton, Sandin, Liljegren
- under no circumstance Marincin

Goalies - toss up scramble 2/3 (Andersen, Campbell, Rittich) - monitor whoever is the healthiest, and playing the best and practicing the best

 

[Stuart Little]

I just think Thornton is bringing absolutely nothing to the table - his biggest contribution over the past month was getting high sticked vs Calgary (which of course we couldnt score on)

Simmonds also hasnt been the same - however, I think he can/could have a role and excel with Marner and Matthews - and can keep up with them and do the "digging like Hyman does"

the key is that third line - it "looks" really good and has sooooooo much potential to be nasty to play against - a little of everything there - Mikheyev's speed, hyman's tenacity, and foligno's overall game - with Hyman and Foligno have the perfect amount of grit with the ability to keep the other team honest and still have to defend them

At this point Engvall is just a ,.......meh - he just skates around and gets nothing done on either end of the ice

 

[Leaftors]

12-34-16
65-91-88
71-15-11
19-(nash)-24

3-8
44-78
23-22