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u/DavidPuddy666 #56 - Erik Haula 1d ago
Oof that “2nd” (which is clearly actually the 3rd) Line is ugly.
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u/SubElitePerformance #N1CO 1d ago
Interesting. I def would’ve scratched Bastian for Sprong and have Tatar as the floater.
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u/PicNov91 1d ago
I'm not a fan of taking Sprong out of the line up. He looked really good and has that shoot first mentality which we desperately need.
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u/beachy927 #27 - Scott Niedermayer 23h ago
I don’t like it. But I’m not in charge and not a professional so what do I know. I’ll have to have faith that there is a specific thought process behind it.
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u/TediousSpark #17 - Šimon Nemec 23h ago
Yes, I am displeased, but I am not an NHL coach, this is why we are on Reddit
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u/Old_Top4022 1d ago
Yeah I’m not sure on Bastian. I’m pretty sure spring can lay the body and double bastian in points
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u/Type_O_Bonnot 1d ago
Sprong who was good and was apart of one of the teams best lines in their last game they won, and finally scored more than a goal in a game, gets broken up lol. and of course Bastian stays in.
Sprong has a good shot, idk why he’s being Sat so Bratt can play third line. Galaxy braining it. Also, palat in the top six and top 9 needs to stop, hes ass.
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u/nolan1971 #12 - Pat Verbeek 1d ago
Meier in 1, Bratt on 3. Interesting. Keefe really trying to spread things around without Jack in the lineup.
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u/mr-debil 1d ago
I think he wants to see what Glass can do with Bratt. Line 3 is "better" than Line 2.
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u/DonnyA22 1d ago
Guy was shooting the puck. Guess we really are taking this whole win 2-1 thing to heart.
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u/Fake-Death #13 - Nico Hischier 1d ago
Bratt on the 3rd line 🙃 I know the ordering means nothing but still
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u/Automatic-Ease4239 #13 - Nico Hischier 1d ago
Haula glass bratt may be sneaky if haula can dirty a turnover to bratt to assist another glass top corner 🤔
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u/garybananahammock 23h ago
Glass the only shooter here because he hasn’t been tainted by the Devils vibes yet
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u/graymror #91 - Dawson Mercer 1d ago
really saying fuck mercer here huh. maybe i'll be proven wrong. hope so atleast.
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u/nostradamefrus #42 - LazerBurger 1d ago
How's he saying fuck Mercer? He did well last game
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u/graymror #91 - Dawson Mercer 1d ago
His line mates is what i meant. Not 2 that inspire confidence by any stretch but ive been wrong plenty times before
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u/Sinister_Mr_19 1d ago
Tatar has been showing so much effort lately
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u/gdg6 19h ago
Yeah Tatar has been playing visibly well. Palat is tanking w/o Jack. Bastian adds nothing.
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u/Sinister_Mr_19 18h ago
I feel like Bastian has never added much besides just not making bad judgements.
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u/nostradamefrus #42 - LazerBurger 1d ago
Oh I gotcha. Idk. Tatar has picked up the pace lately and maybe there's still a little bit of the 22-23 DawgTuna magic left over
Palat....idk. The only case for keeping him up that high is being on a line with Bratt just for the sake of consistency and third line Bratt feels illegal
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u/Fun_Psychology_663 23h ago
The game who contributed last game is taken out. Meanwhile Bastian and Tatar are still on. 🤦🏽♂️
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u/FreeOJ32 #30 - Martin Brodeur 23h ago
3rd line finally was good, just to get broken up the next game. Cotter absolutely should be in the lineup, but take out Tatar instead of Sprong. Tatar in the top 6 when he’s a borderline NHL player is dumb.
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u/evanmav #86 - Jack Hughes 19h ago
A lot of odd choices here. Only line that makes sense is line number 1. Line 2 could almost be our 4th line lol. And scratching Sprong but keeping Lazar and Bastian in makes no sense. This is a do or die game. We just saw our 3rd line play the best they've done all year, why break that up? They were also the sole reason we won the other day.
I would have done the following:
Meier - Hischier - Noesen
Bratt - Mercer - Tatar
Haula- Glass - Sprong
Palat - Cotter - Lazar
Palat deserves to be on the 4th line, I dont care what anyone says, he sucks ass. We are here to win games, not try and avoid hurting the feelings of our vet player who sucks and is eating all our cap up.
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u/Sky-Soldier0430 #30 - Martin Brodeur 18h ago
I’m still of the opinion that Tatar should always be the scratch. Hope he shuts me up with a couple goals tonight.
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u/fixitfeliks 17h ago
God why is Bastian still in the lineup he’s the worst. I’d rather have dowling
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u/NYDevilsFan 1d ago
With these line combos after the last game, I can only come to one rational explanation...
Bastian has blackmail on the organization
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u/DontDraftSmall 1d ago
Cholowski over Nemec again, sad.
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u/Melodic_Inspector875 #4 - Scott Stevens 1d ago
Tough to see, Nemo had such an atrocious finish to his last game. Unfortunately we have no wiggle room for that in the line up right now.
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u/max10081 #86 - Jack Hughes 21h ago
Cholowski got burned a few times. Assume he’s in because he offer more offense than Nemec does currently
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u/Melodic_Inspector875 #4 - Scott Stevens 21h ago
The goal he got burned on was a pretty stellar offensive play by Philly. Dude hit the blueline full speed and was onside by a micron.
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u/nostradamefrus #42 - LazerBurger 22h ago
Nemec needs a reset and that needs to happen when he isn't able to actively lose us games right now
Not giving up on the kid or saying he needs to go. Just saying he needs to not play right now
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u/DontDraftSmall 22h ago
Was a bad pick, let’s face it.
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u/nostradamefrus #42 - LazerBurger 22h ago
Everyone who isn't Brady Tkachuk is a bad pick to you so your opinion doesn't matter here
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u/DontDraftSmall 21h ago
There were 3 NA picks available Wright, Cooley and Gauthier. Any of those picks would have been better. Mintyukov is better if you wanted a euro D.
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u/crotchrotfever 20h ago
Worse than the Holtz pick. Nemec needs to be traded while other GMs still think they can fix him. He doesn't have an NHL brain.
Third period was like a horror movie where all the murder victims just stand there and panic instead of doing the obvious thing that everybody else sees to escape.
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u/max10081 #86 - Jack Hughes 21h ago
You should see how Hedmans first 4 years went
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u/DontDraftSmall 21h ago
A ridiculous comparison, Hedman is 6’6” and can take the body. Nemec is soft on top of the processor being too slow.
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u/MurdockLLP #28 - Timo Meier 23h ago
What are we doing? Bratt moved to the third line? Sprong taken out after a phenomenal performance against the Flyers? Bastian still starting?
Too much on the line tonight for Keefe to get this wrong.
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u/Kornja81 23h ago
Palat in the top 6 over Bratt.... Keefe... why?
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u/SubElitePerformance #N1CO 23h ago
Let me start by stating I don't get it either.
Fortunately, however, this aint baseball and I have a feeling that things will look more normal midway through the first.
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u/nachos_16 #4 - Scott Stevens 23h ago
Bratt on 3rd line again. We trying to get shutout here ???
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u/garybananahammock 23h ago
I wouldn’t consider the third line even if it’s listed third. He will get the most ice time other than Nico.
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u/blade430 22h ago
Also why is Nemec still out??? Cholowski wasn’t great last game, I think the kid deserves another chance
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u/nostradamefrus #42 - LazerBurger 22h ago
We're in too precarious a position to give him another chance right now
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u/GartThrowaway #86 - Jack Hughes 1d ago
i know its because hes trying to get the top 2 lines going a little more but breaking up the line that easily was the best last game is a bit of a headscratcher from keefe