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I said it in the last GDT and I'll stick with it: don't touch the Joshua-Roy-McMann line. It's the only thing all season that's worked consistently and provides the closest thing we've had to an identity line in god knows how long.

Washington Capitals 18-11-4, 40 points vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 155-12-5, 35 pts Projected Line-ups Ovechkin-Strome-Beauvillier Protas-Sourdif-Wilson Milano-Lapierre-Frank Duhaime-Dowd-McMichael Fehervary-Carlson Chychrun-Roy Sandin-TVR Thompson Knies-Matthews-Nylander...

Somewhat related to this, I couldn't really believe Berube's comments on how the game went (courtsey of MLHS): The first period sucked, the second period sucked, the first half of the 3rd period sucked, the top line sucked aside from 2 shifts. Don't get why you'd sugar-coat any of that.

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Well, that was unexpected. Some scattered thoughts: Robertson had a great game. Stop splitting up the Joshua-Roy-McMann line. Time for Domi to sit again.

I think the biggest thing is there just isn't a fit for both him and Robertson in the top-9. Both suspect defensively so shouldn't play on L3. Both ultimately not good enough to play on L1 consistently. Both can't/shouldn't play on the 2nd line at the same time.

Respectfully to him and his family, I was not learning how to spell that name.

I'd swap Laughton with Domi. Laughton deserves more ice-time, and fills the role of the 3rd line obviously significantly better. Or try Laughton on the JT line and put McMann back with the Roy line. Domi might be a mess at C but that should be mitigated by playing against lower end opponents and...

Chicago Blackhawks 13-13-6, 32 points @ Toronto Maple Leafs 14-12-5, 33 pts Projected Line-ups Bertuzzi-Nazar-Burakovsky Teravainen-Dickinson-Mikheyev Moore-Greene-Lardis Dach-Toninato-Donato Vlasic-Crevier Grezelcyk-Levshunov Kaiser-Murphy Knight Knies-Matthews-Nylander...

I'm sure Adams is a nice enough guy, probably, but this had to be up their as one of the worst GM hirings of all time. The Sabres were a mess in 2020 and the Pegula's decided to hand the reigns of the franchise over to someone with absolutely zero hockey management experience whatsoever. I can't...

Roy and Joshua are at their most valuable when they're playing well and eating a heavy dosage of defensive assignments/zone starts. I know Nylander played well there the one game but ultimately that's not a role you want him playing a lot. With that said you sure as heck don't want Domi there...

During the scrum there were at least 7 Rocket players on the ice participating in fights (not to mention half their bench throwing punches too), honestly surprised that's all that came out of that suspension wise.

If the contract lengths were similiar, it would be an absolute no-brainer.

So what you're saying is the difference between Laughton+Carlo and Quinn Hughes is just another 1st round pick.

Edmonton Oilers 14-11-6, 34 points points @ Toronto Maple Leafs 14-11-5, 33 pts Projected Line-ups RNH-McDavid-Hyman Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Savoie Frederic-Henrique-Janmark Mangiapane-Lazar-Tomasek Ekholm-Bouchard Nurse-Regula Stillman-Emberson Pickard Knies-Matthews-Domi...

Worse, $3.75mil cap hit. Could maybe see it if we trade Jarnkrok for him, but even that's a stretch.