Karine Hains: In Hainsight: No Changes Yet Even though a couple of his lines weren’t exactly firing on all cylinders on Wednesday, head coach Martin St-Louis will stick to his guns for Saturday’s home opener.

Joel "AHL 2nd liner" Armia is playing tonight

yes sir!
and it's your chance to watch Yoel !!
- fidopro

Damn you for reminding me of him ... may a million fleas infest your crotch.

Congrats to Matheson!! What a great fit overall for this team!! 👍🏻

I dont think playing RHP down the middle is a good idea. Has he ever played there?

If monahan plays with Suzuki and Caufield, Newhook needs to play C

I would also wait a few games before changing all the lines

Joel "AHL 2nd liner" Armia is playing tonight
- Symba007

is he really slotted on the 2nd line?


still, wouldn't want him to take away any ice time from younger guys who need it for their development...

Congrats to Matheson!! What a great fit overall for this team!! 👍🏻
- Snots33_77

indeed

they needed a D like him in a bad way

Congrats to Matheson!! What a great fit overall for this team!! 👍🏻
- Snots33_77

he was awesome last year, and I'm sure he'll be awesome this year as well, dmen take a bit more time to polish their game going into a new season.

I dont think playing RHP down the middle is a good idea. Has he ever played there?

If monahan plays with Suzuki and Caufield, Newhook needs to play C

I would also wait a few games before changing all the lines
- deadpoulet

I believe she meant RHP at left wing and Monahan at center ... Pearson would be moved to the 4th line.

I dont think playing RHP down the middle is a good idea. Has he ever played there?

If monahan plays with Suzuki and Caufield, Newhook needs to play C

I would also wait a few games before changing all the lines
- deadpoulet

is this a new line change..?

I believe she meant RHP at left wing and Monahan at center ... Pearson would be moved to the 4th line.
- Garfield512

this makes more sense.

this makes more sense.
- Pat1993

It's not a bad idea ... it would inject more speed on the 3rd line.
Monahan could use a faster winger on his line.

The 4th is a checking line so a vet like Pearson might fit well there. JMO.

is this a new line change..?
- Pat1993

Karine did mention that idea, the previous blog

is this a new line change..?
- Pat1993

<< Unfortunately, the forward with whom Anderson has developed the most chemistry seems to be Newhook and right now, you can’t just take him away from that second line. If Monahan goes up to the top line, Anderson needs to come down to the third and someone needs to pivot that line. Who should that be? Well, until Dvorak comes back, I would give Harvey-Pinard a shot in the middle and move Gallagher down to the fourth line. It would be a shame to dismantle a line that gave you two goals on opening night, but something’s got to be done about the painfully slow third line.>>
https://www.hockeybuzz.co..._id=123017&blogger_id=266

Karine did mention that idea, the previous blog
- deadpoulet

I think he's played C in the 'Murican league, not sure if he's a "natural center" but he's a smart player and could be surprisingly effective at that position in the NHL, who knows. but I think they'll try other options before.

<< Unfortunately, the forward with whom Anderson has developed the most chemistry seems to be Newhook and right now, you can’t just take him away from that second line. If Monahan goes up to the top line, Anderson needs to come down to the third and someone needs to pivot that line. Who should that be? Well, until Dvorak comes back, I would give Harvey-Pinard a shot in the middle and move Gallagher down to the fourth line. It would be a shame to dismantle a line that gave you two goals on opening night, but something’s got to be done about the painfully slow third line.>>
https://www.hockeybuzz.co..._id=123017&blogger_id=266
- deadpoulet

thanks, had a look myself

<< Unfortunately, the forward with whom Anderson has developed the most chemistry seems to be Newhook and right now, you can’t just take him away from that second line. If Monahan goes up to the top line, Anderson needs to come down to the third and someone needs to pivot that line. Who should that be? Well, until Dvorak comes back, I would give Harvey-Pinard a shot in the middle and move Gallagher down to the fourth line. It would be a shame to dismantle a line that gave you two goals on opening night, but something’s got to be done about the painfully slow third line.>>
https://www.hockeybuzz.co..._id=123017&blogger_id=266
- deadpoulet

Oh ... it appears I misread the blog.

I was thinking:
3rd: RHP - Monahan - Gally
4th: Pearson - Evans - Ylonen

Oh ... it appears I misread the blog.

I was thinking:
3rd: RHP - Monahan - Gally
4th: Pearson - Evans - Ylonen
- Garfield512

its not this blog, its the one before

in this blog, I think you have it right

but she does not like Anderson with Suzuki and Caufield

its not this blog, its the one before

in this blog, I think you have it right

but she does not like Anderson with Suzuki and Caufield
- deadpoulet

Ahoy hoy

Ahoy hoy
- mr.peanut

Atta boy

its not this blog, its the one before

in this blog, I think you have it right

but she does not like Anderson with Suzuki and Caufield
- deadpoulet

we'll see some tweaking done to the lines for sure during the year, but they didn't look so bad imho, I think they'll be fine.

Karine
Hains: In Hainsight: No Changes Yet
Even though a couple of his lines weren’t exactly firing on all cylinders on Wednesday, head coach Martin St-Louis will stick to his guns for Saturday’s home opener.
- Karine Hains

Looked to me both the first and second line were pretty dangerous all night.
I have no issue with Anderson being on the first line, until some better option comes along.

Also, the first line was matched up against Matthews line for most of the game, so let us see how that looks against Chicago.

3 of the 4 lines really looked good against Toronto, not sure want to see those changed right now.

we'll see some tweaking done to the lines for sure during the year, but they didn't look so bad imho, I think they'll be fine.
- Pat1993

Vinnie Damphouse made an interesting point the other night, he said that Anderson was "out of sync" with the 2 amigos.

He said Anderson just goes full speed and doesn't sync his rushes with the support of the other 2 guys whereas Monahan was a more intelligent player and knew when to push. Not a bad take IMO.

Looked to me both the first and second line were pretty dangerous all night.
I have no issue with Anderson being on the first line, until some better option comes along.

Also, the first line was matched up against Matthews line for most of the game, so let us see how that looks against Chicago.

3 of the 4 lines really looked good against Toronto, not sure want to see those changed right now.
- Mashadar

Good point ... I also have no problem with the first 2 lines.
The 3rd line needs more speed injected on it, that's why I would add RHP to help Monahan.

canada, good afternoon.