the 3rd line was a beast though last year with a combo of girgens, larsson, foligno and gionta
- homiedclown

They made it hard to play against, I don’t see that this year thus far. We don’t pressure the other teams D at all.

In fairness he says that when he's sober as well. After (presumably) never meeting the man, when you bring up Pegulas name, his reaction resembles Warren after someone messes with his ear muffs.
- gcomella34

Yeah, that's what I meant. It was a bit ambiguous I guess.

I don't want to jump on House too early but........does he know what he's doing?
- feetontheair22

Remains to be seen, check back in February.

Sucks I can't smoke . It could be an epic night
- cabin

Random tests?

Random tests?
- Wetbandit1

yep.
Clean since march
Has its plus and minus

They made it hard to play against, I don’t see that this year thus far. We don’t pressure the other teams D at all.
- BigStew

reinhart is not a 3rd line center


if they want to keep the experiment, put ror on the wing and let the skunk play second line center

ror can take the face offs if needed

yep.
Clean since march
Has its plus and minus
- cabin

what's the plus?

When you're tired and sad and sleep deprived and listening to country

reinhart is not a 3rd line center


if they want to keep the experiment, put ror on the wing and let the skunk play second line center

ror can take the face offs if needed
- homiedclown

Depends on how u want your 3rd line to play
Are they a checking line?
Then no he doesn’t fit
But if they’re a scoring line (like we had in 05-06 & 06-07),
then he’s could be a part of a unit that gives other teams matchup problems

Pretty sure JVR is on line 3 & i think the Leafs moves Marner down there recently as well

Failure is a hell of a teacher.......if you let it.

However, the personality type of most managers is to blame other people for failures and carry on. If you haven't read Jung's Typology for personality it's pretty fascinating.

I took the test....took me two hours.....all to reveal what all know anyway...I'm an bumhole.
- gcomella34

Jung drools, Freud rules!

When you're delirious and listening to country


- chilliard77

FIFY

Not even dignifying that with a repost.

Although I like that he told the establishment to (frank) off when he was nothing and still made it. That took guts. I still hate his music.

yep.
Clean since march
Has its plus and minus
- cabin

If you had a prescription could you take it?

Or do you work with machinery and it's a no-no no matter what?

FIFY

Not even dignifying that with a repost.

Although I like that he told the establishment to (frank) off when he was nothing and still made it. That took guts. I still hate his music.
- Wetbandit1

Well you're not wrong

reinhart is not a 3rd line center


if they want to keep the experiment, put ror on the wing and let the skunk play second line center

ror can take the face offs if needed
- homiedclown

He needs to play wing, it is quite evident that he is getting overwhelmed at centre playing against anyone with speed.

only sabres that show passion

eichel
kane
pommer
lehner


that's it
- homiedclown

Risto

He needs to play wing, it is quite evident that he is getting overwhelmed at centre playing against anyone with speed.
- BigStew

That’s an interesting point
Regardless,
I’d still like to see some scoring ability on line3 either way
Pouliot & Griffith are killing any chance that line has of producing

That’s an interesting point
Regardless,
I’d still like to see some scoring ability on line3 either way
Pouliot & Griffith are killing any chance that line has of producing
- jdfitz77

Agreed, those two aren’t creating anything or even putting pressure on anyone so we can create turnovers.

Agreed, those two aren’t creating anything or even putting pressure on anyone so we can create turnovers.
- BigStew

Shifting the lines around to get some scoring coming from that line should be step 1

Girgensons looked good with Jack & Pommer
So start there when he comes back
Girgs-Eichel-Pommer

If we don’t like Sam at center, then how about him back with O’Reilly? That seemed to work (if only for a couple games). Keep Bailey there bc he’s looked good too
Bailey-O’Reilly-Reinhart

That leaves us with a possible 3rd line of
Kane-Larsson-Okposo

I could see that line scoring
And being pretty decent defensively


Just making those simple changes could help the overall team play quite a bit

It’s at least a logical place to start

- Hatboro_Swords

I never noticed the cigarette before. It's so incongruous to the rest of the picture.

Shifting the lines around to get some scoring coming from that line should be step 1

Girgensons looked good with Jack & Pommer
So start there when he comes back
Girgs-Eichel-Pommer

If we don’t like Sam at center, then how about him back with O’Reilly? That seemed to work (if only for a couple games). Keep Bailey there bc he’s looked good too
Bailey-O’Reilly-Reinhart

That leaves us with a possible 3rd line of
Kane-Larsson-Okposo

I could see that line scoring
And being pretty decent defensively


Just making those simple changes could help the overall team play quite a bit

It’s at least a logical place to start
- jdfitz77

I would have kept ROR and Sam together from the start, would love to see a Bailey and Kane together but not sure if they both play the same side, or should play the same side.

“Sam Reinhart is the best young playmaker I’ve seen in 10-15 years”

-Kevin Devine


Never forget. 0 assists 8 games into the year.

I would have kept ROR and Sam together from the start, would love to see a Bailey and Kane together but not sure if they both play the same side, or should play the same side.
- BigStew

Bailey’s natural position is RW,
so they could play on the same line
I kept Bailey on O’Reilly’s line bc that’s where he’s scored both his goals

Regardless of how the lines are shifted,
my point is that we need more than just Sam on line3 if we wanna see production from it
So keep him there, & add someone like Kane or Okposo...
OR
Move Sam back to the top6 on the wing, but then move down a couple guys (say Kane AND Okposo) and see if that works

Either way
We MUST start getting some scoring from line3

“Sam Reinhart is the best young playmaker I’ve seen in 10-15 years”

-Kevin Devine

Never forget. 0 assists 8 games into the year.
- sbroads24

Point taken
But do u agree it’s a waste having him on line3 with Pouliot & Griffith?

When I said I thought he could produce at 3C, I assumed he’d still be playing with some kind of talent at least

Point taken
But do u agree it’s a waste having him on line3 with Pouliot & Griffith?

When I said I thought he could produce at 3C, I assumed he’d still be playing with some kind of talent at least
- jdfitz77

I wish there was one player outside of Eichel/Kane/Pommer who can exceed expectations this year at some point