Line Combos: Powerplay lines for 2024-25

[Leon Lucius Black]

Stack up the first unit - Suzuki, Laine, Caufield, Slaf and Hutson.
For the second unit we can still put out a decent unit with Dach, Newhook, Roy, Matheson and Barron.

Laine and Caufield would work on the same PP if there is more movement as opposed to players just sitting around waiting for one timers. Laine's release and shot are insane and he's able to beat goalies with his one timer on the left side or even through ripping shots from the right side.

If Slafkovsky can continue to improve his one timer this could be a very dangerous PP that would be hard to defend given the several options.

 

[26Mats]

Stack up the first unit - Suzuki, Laine, Caufield, Slaf and Hutson.
For the second unit we can still put out a decent unit with Dach, Newhook, Roy, Matheson and Barron.

Laine and Caufield would work on the same PP if there is more movement as opposed to players just sitting around waiting for one timers. Laine's release and shot are insane and he's able to beat goalies with his one timer on the left side or even through ripping shots from the right side.

If Slafkovsky can continue to improve his one timer this could be a very dangerous PP that would be hard to defend given the several options.

Suzuki (roaming around, including behind the net, side of the net, down low)
Laine (left half wall)
Caufield (bumper)
Slaf (right half wall)
Hutson (top of the diamond)

Maybe Laine and Caufield switch spots.

 

[Rapala]

It's not a weapon to score from distance without screens but his accuracy is incredible and he shoots a lot for redirects which is a better way to beat a NHL goalie, regardless.

We will have no shortage of trigger men.

Hutson is the perfect trigger man for encouraging net front.
One of the pitfalls of having that heavy and or unpredictable/high blast is the lack of comfort for our forwards.
We will be scoring a lot more deflected goals and popping in plenty of rebounds and should also have better puck retrieval.

 

[That Habs Fan]

I just realized that once Demidov comes over our 2nd unit will have one of Caufield/Slafkovsky/Laine/Demidov in addition to Dach & Matheson who are also 1st unit calibre.

Caufield-Suzuki-Slaf
Hutson-Demidov

Laine-Dach-Newhook
Barron-Matheson

God damn HuGo are brilliant.