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In this edition of the hotstove, we share our picks for the most underrated line in the NHL.
Todd Cordell
I’ll go with Carolina’s 2nd unit of Warren Foegele - Jordan Staal - Justin Williams. There isn’t much name-brand material on this line, however, they’ve been absolutely dominant this season.
In 160 5v5 minutes, they’ve out-attempted opponents by 108(!!) and are expected to score more than 67% of the goals (per Corsica). Though the results haven’t been there, that’s bound to change if they continue to control shots and chances the way they have. I think they’ll get a lot more talk when their astonishingly low PDO of 91.75 regresses.
James Tanner
The most underrated line in the NHL is St. Louis' top line.
Everyone knows about how good Tarasenko is, but I feel that Ryan O'Reilly and Jaden Schwartz are both super-underrated.
Schwartz scored 2.46 pts / 60 5v5 rate last year while putting up a 57% CF. The points per hour were better than Hall, Ovechkin, Malkin, and Kuznetsov. Those are superstar numbers.
As for Ryan O'Reilly, he is one of the best all-round players in the NHL. This line is one of the only lines in the NHL arguably as good or better than the Bruins top line of Marchand, Bergeron and Pastrnak.
Peter Tessier
I don't believe anyone predicted that Montreal would have success with Gallagher, Danault and Tatar before the season started but that's what's happening. They are driving play with a 66.5% CF in 157 minutes of ice time. They have a GF% of 58% and their expected goals for is 60%.
Give them credit and perhaps Julien too as no one saw that coming!
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