So a 20 goal scorer, who back checks and kills penalties is worth a 2nd in your world?
- Pen15

Product of his line. Doesn't do too much in his own zone.

yup, and I've got no problem with him on the 3rd.


JVR-Bozak-Kessel
Komarov-Grabo-Kulemin
Brown-Kadri-Frattin
Orr-McClemment-MacLaren

Question is what you do when Lupul comes back.
- Feeling Glucky?

???

Having a guy they will fight isn't exactly a deterrent either.
- Jeffmt

Sure it is.

yup, and I've got no problem with him on the 3rd.


JVR-Bozak-Kessel
Komarov-Grabo-Kulemin
Brown-Kadri-Frattin
Orr-McClemment-MacLaren

Question is what you do when Lupul comes back.
- Feeling Glucky?

Lupul Kadri Frattin , I think you rotate the guys like Leeman said.

Product of his line. Doesn't do too much in his own zone.
- Feeling Glucky?

still a better third liner than brown

sorry.. but that just doesnt make sense at all.

McClement can play on the 3rd line and Brown can play a shift or two on the 3rd line if and when the situation calls for it. Brown can handle more ice time if need be too. He skates just fine and hits often. As long as he cuts out the bad penalties, he's fine on the 3rd line.
- Two_For_Truth

true...

I'm still considering 3rd line _____-Kadri-Frattin though. Briownie's stone hands is a waste of Kadri's setups...

If the play offs started today, Leafs would start with home-ice advantage over Pittsburgh.
- Feeling Glucky?

If and only if.

Lupul Kadri Frattin , I think you rotate the guys like Leeman said.
- LeafMan

this. the wingers on the 4th line rotate.. problem solved.

WTF is all this nonsense about playing Brown on the 3rd line and trading away Mac...

Probably our best line tonight...and Leaf fans already want to break it up.

Lupul Kadri Frattin , I think you rotate the guys like Leeman said.
- LeafMan

That's exactly where I see Lupul slotting in when he gets back. That's a pretty decent line.

true...

I'm still considering 3rd line _____-Kadri-Frattin though. Briownie's stone hands is a waste of Kadri's setups...
- Big_Lightnin

I may have missed something, where is MAC in all these scenarios?

WTF is all this nonsense about playing Brown on the 3rd line and trading away Mac...

Probably our best line tonight...and Leaf fans already want to break it up.
- Pen15

Agreed. No way I play Brown in place of MacArthur. That's ludicrous.

WTF is all this nonsense about playing Brown on the 3rd line and trading away Mac...

Probably our best line tonight...and Leaf fans already want to break it up.
- Pen15

i dont know why people think brown deserves the spot over mac.. its silly talk i tells ya

true...

I'm still considering 3rd line _____-Kadri-Frattin though. Briownie's stone hands is a waste of Kadri's setups...
- Big_Lightnin

THIS.

MacA at least brings SOME finish to the line.

Put Brown in there, and you'll just get misses and pims. He's a 4th liner...especially on a team in need of scoring depth with no bonafide stars up front.

I may have missed something, where is MAC in all these scenarios?
- wendel13

Traded....get with the flow would ya.....

This
- Tee-Dot

That, and being dictated to by his horrible bosses.

Lupul Kadri Frattin , I think you rotate the guys like Leeman said.
- LeafMan

Crazy if that's your third line

I was thinking Lupul draws back into the top line, JVR down to the second, Komarov to the third.

But then you've got a log-jam on the 4th again.

I may have missed something, where is MAC in all these scenarios?
- wendel13

we're trading him when Lupul comes back

Lupul Kadri Frattin , I think you rotate the guys like Leeman said.
- LeafMan

Maybe Carlyle will do Lupul/Kadri/Kessel on the PP eventually, with Gards/Franson.
Eventually.

Agreed. No way I play Brown in place of MacArthur. That's ludicrous.
- OBGYN Kenobi

Brown does not finish that sweet saucer pass from Kadri tonight.

That's a guarantee.

Brown does just fine when he fights. The Leafs still need a middleweight type of guy because there are a lot of guys out there who play like Lapierre that won't fight guys like Orr.
- Two_For_Truth

Rinaldo was pretty quiet tonight.
#OrrMcLarenFraser

Crazy if that's your third line

I was thinking Lupul draws back into the top line, JVR down to the second, Komarov to the third.

But then you've got a log-jam on the 4th again.
- Feeling Glucky?

Grabo's line is basically the checking line now, especially with McClement up there. That's not as 2nd scoring line - they're shutdown.

Crazy if that's your third line

I was thinking Lupul draws back into the top line, JVR down to the second, Komarov to the third.

But then you've got a log-jam on the 4th again.
- Feeling Glucky?

1b if you go by production,

Crazy if that's your third line

I was thinking Lupul draws back into the top line, JVR down to the second, Komarov to the third.

But then you've got a log-jam on the 4th again.
- Feeling Glucky?

thats no big deal.

hard minutes with a game off here and there to recoup.. if you are going to rotate people in and out of the lineup, thats where you do it.

Agreed. No way I play Brown in place of MacArthur. That's ludicrous.
- OBGYN Kenobi

Should be obvious to everyone.