Potential NEW Leafs Line up:

[ThrowDemTongs]

Yeah he’s as good as any defensmen on this team, most of the time and miles better then Holl.

Please include trigger warnings before mentioning Holl

 

[TheScandal89]

Not so sure about that. That 4th line has certainly been developing some chemistry. However, there is still some time to experiment, so you may be on to something.

They could also keep the 4th line together, scratch Lafferty and put Kerfoot at RW with Knies and ROR aswell. He's definitely not a finisher but he could still chip in here and there.

Theres a lot of options, the team is still looking good even if Knies can't make it, but it would be better if he could on that 3rd line, of course.

 

[thusk]

Kerfoot-matthews-jarnkrok
Bunting-Ror-Marner
Lafferty-jt-nylander
Zar-kampf-acciari

Can be really interesting matchup if matthews and jarnkrok still playing well together

You send ror/marner vs kucherov line
So you get matthews or jt/nylander against a 3rd line

Look like the way pittsburgh was build when they won it

 

[Avilaj07]

Knies-Matthews-Jarnkrok
Bunting-Tavares-Marner
Kerfoot-O'Rielly-Nylander
Lafferty-Kampf-Accari
AstonReese

McCabe-Brodie
Rielly-Schenn
Giordano-Liljegren
Holl

 

[ZEBROA]

Sorry - maybe not clear. I'm suggesting playing JT on the third line, or playing him on the top line, which would slow down Matthews and Marner.

My preference would be line three.

Sleepdeprivated dad here so i will probably read wrong no matter how clear you are but i think i understand now I think JT culd acomplish great things on a third line. Better suited then Nylander.

 

[Puckstuff]

Knies-Matthews-Jarnkrok
Bunting-Tavares-Marner
Kerfoot-O'Rielly-Nylander
Lafferty-Kampf-Accari
AstonReese

McCabe-Brodie
Rielly-Schenn
Giordano-Liljegren
Holl

Those combos would be fun.

O'Reilly-Nylander
Matthews-Jarnkork
Tavares-Marner

My goodness that's deep.

I'd like to see McCabe-Liljegren and Giordano-Brodie reunited. But other then that I would love to see your lines.

 

[notDatsyuk]

Sleepdeprivated dad here so i will probably read wrong no matter how clear you are but i think i understand now I think JT culd acomplish great things on a third line. Better suited then Nylander.

If you don't have twins, you don't know the meaning of "sleepdeprivated dad"!

Fortunately for me, those days are long gone.

 

[ZEBROA]

If you don't have twins, you don't know the meaning of "sleepdeprivated dad"!

Fortunately for me, those days are long gone.

I could not even imagine... I got the most stubborn little girl in Sweden, at least . Two would kill me. But i did not understand the word "love" before she came into my world.

Sorry for derailing.
Back on track.
Not hopefull for the Nylander line this next game, but who knows...

 

[notDatsyuk]

I could not even imagine... I got the most stubborn little girl in Sweden, at least . Two would kill me. But i did not understand the word "love" before she came into my world.

Sorry for derailing.
Back on track.
Not hopefull for the Nylander line this next game, but who knows...

Good for you! Despite what you may read on these boards, children are more important than hockey. Enjoy her as much as possible. My twin boys are now 37-year old grizzly bears.

 

[geo25]

3 slow guys can work nicely together as they all move up and down da ice at roughly same rate











All trying to catch the puckholder as he zooms past....

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

vs Tampa

Home Lines:
Bunting - Matthews - Marner
Tavares - O'Rielly - [34/16/88]
Nylander - Lafferty - Jarnkrok
Kerfoot - - Kampf - - Acciari

McCabe - Brodie
Giordano - Liljegren
Rielly - - - Schenn
Holl

Away Lines:
Bunting - Matthews - Jarnkrok
Kerfoot - - O'Rielly - - Marner
Lafferty - Tavares - Nylander
AstonReese - Kampf - Acciari

Rielly - - - Brodie
Giordano - Liljegren
McCabe - Schenn

 

[ShameOnYouZidlicky]

Jarnkrok Matthews Nylander -> Matchup against Stamkos line, hope they can outplay them

Tavares O'Reilly Marner -> Matchup against Point line to stifle the Point/Kucherov combo

Bunting Kamp Kerfoot -> Incredibly fast energy line that can outskate the Paul line. Bunting can turn Jeannot into a penalty machine

ZAR/Knies Acciari Lafferty -> 4th line that matches up physically with TBL's 4th but is way faster. If Knies can play NHL hockey he jumps in as a big spark to the team

 

[Leafsfan74]

My D in whatever order you want, especially against T.B: McCabe, Schenn, Gio, Rielly, Bordie, Holl. Lilly is 7th man up.

Sue me.

 

[sxvnert]

Just get the lines right and move on.

Jarnkrok Matthews Nylander
Bunting Tavares Marner
McMann Lafferty Acciari
ZAR Kampf Kerfoot

McCabe Holl
Gio Lili
Rielly Brodie

 

[Puckstuff]

Just get the lines right and move on.

Jarnkrok Matthews Nylander
Bunting Tavares Marner
McMann Lafferty Acciari
ZAR Kampf Kerfoot

McCabe Holl
Gio Lili
Rielly Brodie

Unfortunley the variables are Knies and O'Reilly. We don't really know what we have until those 2 come in.

O'Reilly had one insane game with Tavares and Marner but other then that they were pretty underwhelming.

So we don't know who O'Reilly will have chemistry with or who Knies will play with.

But if Nylander and O'Reilly have chemistry that would solve a lot of problems.


Knies-Matthews-Jarnkrok
Bunting-Tavares-Marner
Kerfoot-O'Reilly-Nylander

 

[Martin Skoula]

Honestly I think Knies would have an easier time adjusting to playing sheltered top-6 LW than learning on the fly on a shutdown 3rd line with O’Rielly. You could go with a hard match-up 4th line around Kampf-Acciari to compensate and shelter them but that defeats the point of getting O’Rielly in the first place.

 

[Captain Crunch]

They could also keep the 4th line together, scratch Lafferty and put Kerfoot at RW with Knies and ROR aswell. He's definitely not a finisher but he could still chip in here and there.

Theres a lot of options, the team is still looking good even if Knies can't make it, but it would be better if he could on that 3rd line, of course.

Agree about keeping the 4th line together, but I don’t think Lafferty should come out. He has looked okay, has lots of speed, can play center, and is good on the PK. Maybe it will come down to either Lafferty or Kerfoot. My big concern with Kerfoot is the brain farts he tends to get at crucial times in a game. Also, I’m guessing ROR plays on the 2nd line.

 

[Dekes For Days]

If Knies shows he can jump in and excel, and we want to spread things out, this could be an interesting combination:

Bunting - Matthews - Jarnkrok
Knies - Tavares - Marner
Kerfoot - O'Rielly - Nylander
Lafferty - Kampf - Acciari

1st line has two players that Matthews has shown chemistry with, all 3 have good shots, and Matthews/Jarnkrok can shelter Bunting defensively.
2nd line has two good shots around the crease for Marner to pass to, utilizes Tavares-Marner chemistry, allows Knies to be sheltered both defensively and offensively (Marner driving the play, Tavares taking board/net-front battles), gives Tavares Marner and some rookie speed and adrenaline to cover for his speed.
3rd line is a high quality 3rd line that should win their matchup, gives Kerfoot two good shots to pass to, maximizing his playmaking, gives O'Rielly two fast wingers to cover for his speed, and gives Nylander two players that can shelter him defensively, utilizes Nylander-Kerfoot chemistry.
4th line is one you don't have to be worried about getting caught out there, matchup line, multiple centers, good defensively, has some speed, and can crash and bang.

 

[therealkoho]

Please include trigger warnings before mentioning Holl

You really shouldn't joke about trigger warnings, as they can be very important in today's NHL and telecasts it's not like before where it was just a bunch of drunk unshaven misogynistic boomers who were the fan base who didn't give a big pile of horsepuckey about anything or anybodies feelings. Its not like that anymore!

 

[therealkoho]

To those that include Knies in the top 6, why exactly?

Its a serious question

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Jarnkrok and Matthews having chemistry could be a real boon for this team. I’d love to see Nylander with those two to see if it could work, that way if it does JT-ROR-MM could remain as a line when O’Reilly comes back.

Jarnkrok-Matthews-Nylander
Tavares-O’Reilly-Marner
Bunting-Acciari-Lafferty
ZAR-Kampf-Kerfoot

I’m not bullish on 3rd and 4th line RW, so whoever has the better chemistry with Acciari and Kampf would go there.

 

[Martin Skoula]

To those that include Knies in the top 6, why exactly?

Its a serious question

Dig in the corners and go to the net while Marner does his thing is an easier job than playing on a shutdown 3rd line. If it’s O’Rielly 2C with Marner as a matchup line then he’s probably on a sheltered offensive Nylander-led 3rd line.

 

[Puckstuff]

Honestly I think Knies would have an easier time adjusting to playing sheltered top-6 LW than learning on the fly on a shutdown 3rd line with O’Rielly. You could go with a hard match-up 4th line around Kampf-Acciari to compensate and shelter them but that defeats the point of getting O’Rielly in the first place.

Exactly, especially if that O’Reilly 3rd line is drawing harder match ups like against Kucherov and Pasta. It would be better to have Knies on a scoring line.

vs Tampa

Home Lines:
Bunting - Matthews - Marner
Tavares - O'Rielly - [34/16/88]
Nylander - Lafferty - Jarnkrok
Kerfoot - - Kampf - - Acciari

McCabe - Brodie
Giordano - Liljegren
Rielly - - - Schenn
Holl

Away Lines:
Bunting - Matthews - Jarnkrok
Kerfoot - - O'Rielly - - Marner
Lafferty - Tavares - Nylander
AstonReese - Kampf - Acciari

Rielly - - - Brodie
Giordano - Liljegren
McCabe - Schenn

Playing 7 defensmen makes no sense. If we had 7 good defensmen then sure. But Holl isn’t good enough to alter all of this.

 

[Puckstuff]

To those that include Knies in the top 6, why exactly?

Its a serious question

It’s to leverage a shutdown 3rd line with O’Reilly as the C. You could throw out the O’Reilly line against the games top players in a shutdown role like against Kucherov and Pasta. You wouldn’t want Knies in that role on the shutdown 3rd line. So that leaves playing him on the 4th line or the top 6, if you were to play him.

In the top 6 LW we no for a fact Kerfoot is a bottom 6 guy. Knies might not be a top 6 guy but at least he has a chance to be and there could be a chance there is some instant chemistry with one of the top 6 lines. Bunting is a lock for a top 6 LW spot but we need one more LW if O’Reilly is to be a 3C. We could use Jarnkrok there as the 2nd top 6 LW and that’s really the variable here. The variable being Jarnkrok’s performance in the top 6 vs Knies’ potential. But Jarnkrok could make the 3rd line a little better as well as a responsible two-way guy.

 

[hockeynorth]

I think POs should look like:

Jarnkrok - Matthews - Marner
Knies - Tavares - Nylander
Bunting - O’Reilly - Lafferty
Kerfoot/Reese - Kampf - Acciari