2019/2020 Lineup Combos

Tkatchuk - White - Batherson
Duclair - Pageau - Ryan
Boedker - Tierney - Brown
Ennis - Smith - Balcers

Chabot - Demelo
Wolanin - Zaitsev
Hainsey - Jaros
Boro

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Anderson
Nilsson

Looks about right. Though I thought veronneau would start in the NHL as a 4th liner and I think Balcers may be more of a 3rd line guy.

I feel for Lajoie. Guy gets injured and finds himself buried behind a deep pool of prospects.

Tkachuk - Batherson - Grewe
Gusev - Pageau - Ryan
Duclair - Tierney - Lavoie
White - Smith - Balcers

Chabot - Miller
Wolanin - DeMelo
Schenn - Jaros
Boro

Anderson
Nilsson

I’m sort of kidding.

PTFlea wrote:Tkatchuk - White - Batherson
Duclair - Pageau - Ryan
Boedker - Tierney - Brown
Ennis - Smith - Balcers

Chabot - Demelo
Wolanin - Zaitsev
Hainsey - Jaros
Boro

Anderson
Nilsson

I was gonna post mine but the only difference for forwards would have been flipping Bodker-Ennis.

We have too many older 3rd liners for a team in rebuild. Thachuk, White, Batherson should be locks. Chlapik and Balcers should both be third line or better. What if either Norris or Brown really show well in camp?

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:Looks about right. Though I thought veronneau would start in the NHL as a 4th liner and I think Balcers may be more of a 3rd line guy.

I feel for Lajoie. Guy gets injured and finds himself buried behind a deep pool of prospects.

There'll be injuries though and he'll have to look a lot better than he did - although, he may have been injured the whole time.

so the more things are developing the more I have questions about Pageau and his future on the team.

he will probably play top 9/top 6 this coming season but does anyone think he's not lining up to wind up playing the 4rth line after this season? i feel the organization has plans for younger guys to play the top 3 C positions and Pageau himself probably does not want to play a 4rth line role going forward. i can see him looking toward free agency to see if he can fit on a team that has a need on the 3rd line at least. he's gonna get good minutes this year but probably not after.

does the org look to move him understanding that? or do they pay him market value for a very good 3rd line center even though he could be pushed down fairly soon.

I think he's a guy you want to keep and build around but for how much and does he want to. I think it would take a 4-4.5 mill contract to keep him. he's basically a Vermette all over again.

everyone is talking about Chabot's and white's next contract but they'll be on the team we know that much.
Pageau we hear very little about and the team is tight-lipped also.

I think he ends up on a team like Pitt next season.

Assuming he plays top six minutes he's going to have some inflated stats, making him a valuable trade chip at the deadline or before.

wprager wrote:Assuming he plays top six minutes he's going to have some inflated stats, making him a valuable trade chip at the deadline or before.

He'll be the steal of the trade deadline as he'll come in super cheap due to his cap hit and can play anywhere in the lineup (2C to 4C). IMO he's worth a B prospect or a late 1st rd pick. Again, a team like Pitt who just lost Matt Cullen may come calling. Depending on where the Canadiens are in the standings he'd be a good fit there too. But I see him as a depth move for a team close to the cap looking to secure a 3C position, hence Pittsburgh, Winnipeg, Washington, Montreal, Chicago, Boston, and the Flyers make the most sense to me.

And I think Colin White replaces him as the 3C when the Sens are more competitive. Brown will be 2C and Byfield (hopefully) 1C.

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

wprager wrote:Assuming he plays top six minutes he's going to have some inflated stats, making him a valuable trade chip at the deadline or before.

He'll be the steal of the trade deadline as he'll come in super cheap due to his cap hit and can play anywhere in the lineup (2C to 4C). IMO he's worth a B prospect or a late 1st rd pick. Again, a team like Pitt who just lost Matt Cullen may come calling. Depending on where the Canadiens are in the standings he'd be a good fit there too. But I see him as a depth move for a team close to the cap looking to secure a 3C position, hence Pittsburgh, Winnipeg, Washington, Montreal, Chicago, Boston, and the Flyers make the most sense to me.

For once Montreal has depth down the middle. Unless they suffer a rash of injuries I don’t see where he fits in. They’ll be teams calling but I would like better than a B prospect or a 1st. Tome it starts wi5 a first round pick and possiblymore. He’s a playoff type of player that can make put your team over the top.
As it’s been said, he may have some fairly inflated stats this year and so might fetch more than one would imagine.

He's a good fit in Montreal because he's small, French, and a Habs killer. He plays well in a defensive system and scores goals in the playoffs. He's pesky like most forwards in Mtl.

Don't over-value Pageau. He's a late 1st and B prospect at most unless there is a really competitive market for him. At the end of the day he's a 3C on an expiring contract.

Montreal has depth down the middle? Very light depth. The only center at or over 200 lbs is Nate Thompson. Kotkaniemi is 6'2" so he could fill out. He just doesn't look like he ever will.

I honestly cant read nhl gms trade values anymore. It's all over the place and I don't think we can say for sure someone gives that illustrious 1st for pageau. Maybe, it'd be almost for sure if he signed and traded, but to me, it's very hard to figure his value.

Tkatchuk - White - Batherson
Duclair - Anisimov - Ryan
Tierney - Pageau - Brown
Boedker - Ennis - Balcers

Chabot - Demelo
Wolanin - Zaitsev
Hainsey - Jaros
Boro


Anderson
Nilsson

I don't see a 4C...unless we rotate 3 Cs.