I was just going to post the same - just move up the different c's.
- MaximusAurelius

dont move willie to C

Goat has been a bit surprising so far.

Should be fine.

It's Babcock, so not much will change..

Johnsson-Matthews-Nylander
Moore-Spezza-Marner
Mikheyev-Kerfoot-Kapanen
Timashov-Gauthier-Shore.
- PatC80

Or change everything!

Johnsson / Matthews / Kapanen
Mikheyev / Spezza re-placed by Nylander after the FO / Marner
Moore / Kerfoot / Timashov
Shore / Spezza / Gauthier

was it his pinky with the long nail that he broke?

Here's what I would like to see while Tavares is out.

Have Nylander center the second line, move Marner to play with Matthews and Johnsson. Then Nylander is centering Moore and Mikheyev.

Any takers there? Or is that too much juggling around.
- lonnyBohonos

For 10.7 mil a year, Marner better be able to centre and carry his own line with scrubs

was it his pinky with the long nail that he broke?
- Symba007

Since when is Tavares from Asian origin?

Since when is Tavares from Asian origin?
- MaximusAurelius

July 1 2018

For 10.7 mil a year, Marner better be able to centre and carry his own line with scrubs
- walshyleafsfan

That's actually a very interesting option.. in particular if Hyman is back soon
Hyman - Marner - Moore

For 10.7 mil a year, Marner better be able to centre and carry his own line with scrubs
- walshyleafsfan

They really should try him at center. He just needs to work on his FO and he can do it. He already knows how to backcheck and he knows how to pass the puck to his wingers.

Johnsson / Matthews / Nylander
Mikheyev / Marner / Kapanen
Moore / Kerfoot / Gauthier
Timashov / Spezza / Shore

For 10.7 mil a year, Marner better be able to centre and carry his own line with scrubs
- walshyleafsfan

He played a god amount of centre most of his life. Has the speed. FO% might blow but...

Put the russian with Matthews, if he's the man then they can look at options to trade Nylander. That would free up cap space.

For 10.7 mil a year, Marner better be able to centre and carry his own line with scrubs
- walshyleafsfan

10.893*

Would like to see Mikheyev on the Matthews line for a game or two. Be serious to see what that looks like.
- aminnes

Mikheyev can fly...

They really should try him at center. He just needs to work on his FO and he can do it. He already knows how to backcheck and he knows how to pass the puck to his wingers.

Johnsson / Matthews / Nylander
Mikheyev / Marner / Kapanen
Moore / Kerfoot / Gauthier
Timashov / Spezza / Shore
- JohnFergusonJr

Oddly enough, I don't hate this.

He played a god amount of centre most of his life. Has the speed. FO% might blow but...
- aminnes

Marner never played C in junior. Dvorak, Domi, Tierney and Horvat all did the majority of his London career.

Mikheyev can fly...
- hawk35

Two 6-3 guys on a line. Mik goes and gets it. I think that would be a nice upgrade. If not, haven't lost anything, if it is, it gives the club a lot of options.

Marner never played C in junior. Dvorak, Domi, Tierney and Horvat all did the majority of his London career.
- AdamFrench

Correct.

The curse of Jeff Finger 🖐

Put the russian with Matthews, if he's the man then they can look at options to trade Nylander. That would free up cap space.
- aminnes

Marner hasn’t played centre since before junior. Why does everyone always think he’s a center??

The curse of Jeff Finger 🖐
- Landsbergfan

no

Marner hasn’t played centre since before junior. Why does everyone always think he’s a center??
- Trevrrrgavo

Because that's where the NHL lists him:

http://www.nhl.com/stats/...sort=points,goals,assists

It's probably that type of creative thinking that we'll need. To put that specific example in context - the challenge with Hjalmarsson (other than saying challenge and Hjalmarsson in the same sentence) is that the season is 186 days long, and if he's out for 90 days, you accrue about $2.4m in LTIR relief, but have to pay him $2.6m in salary at the end, so he's a net loss. If we're going to try and play the LTIR game, we need someone who is going to miss most of, if not all, of the year in order to gain the relief that we'd need to add salary.
- Monkeypunk

Trade Willie to ducks for Manson, max Jones and Kesler (ltir) then get a backup + with that extra dough

I think the only way to do it is to get someone already on LTIR from another team and you wouldn't want someone who is coming back this year, and you wouldn't want someone who is under contract after this year. That guy is Hanzal on Dallas. And I don't know if he's actually done or not.
- Monkeypunk

Johan Franzen?

What’s the max amount you can have on LTIR

Marner hasn’t played centre since before junior. Why does everyone always think he’s a center??
- Trevrrrgavo

JVR took a faceoff in the USHL and Burke declared him a centre. Why not?

poop that sucks, unlucky injury on a silly shot from Rielly.

Oh well, one good thing is Willy likely gets moved to 1st PP and I hope he stays there after.

It's probably that type of creative thinking that we'll need. To put that specific example in context - the challenge with Hjalmarsson (other than saying challenge and Hjalmarsson in the same sentence) is that the season is 186 days long, and if he's out for 90 days, you accrue about $2.4m in LTIR relief, but have to pay him $2.6m in salary at the end, so he's a net loss. If we're going to try and play the LTIR game, we need someone who is going to miss most of, if not all, of the year in order to gain the relief that we'd need to add salary.
- Monkeypunk

Trade Willie to ducks for Manson, max Jones and Kesler (ltir) then get a backup + with that extra dough