How would you line them up?

[dudacek]

Norris is not a playmaker, full stop.

Never has been. 

He has topped 20 assists in a season just once, including AHL and college.

He has just 67 assists in 239 NHL games.

[dudacek]

There is such a thing as a player not being talented enough to play with your most talented players.

Never stopped Jochen Hecht from playing with Brière, or Mike Grier from playing with Drury. Or Evan Rodrigues from skating with the top guys in Florida.

People shouldnt be basing their line choices entirely on offence. Line chemistry and matchup success is what matters.

In theory I have no problem with Greenway playing with more talented players if he supplies what the line needs.

Edited 12 hours ago by dudacek

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, dudacek said:

There is such a thing as a player not being talented enough to play with your most talented players.

Never stopped Jochen Hecht from playing with Brière, or Mike Grier from playing with Drury. Or Evan Rodrigues from skating with the top guys in Florida.

People shouldnt be basing their line choices entirely on offence. Line chemistry and matchup success is what matters.

In theory I have no problem with Greenway playing with more talented players if he supplies what the line needs.

Yup.  "Classic" lines have a scorer, a playmaker, and a forechecker on them.  And on good teams, at least two of the top line's players can typically take on more than one of those roles.

[PerreaultForever]

4 hours ago, dudacek said:

Norris is not a playmaker, full stop.

Never has been. 

He has topped 20 assists in a season just once, including AHL and college.

He has just 67 assists in 239 NHL games.

Tage isn't a playmaker either regardless of stats. I don't really know what Norris will bring them but I believe he can motor (if healthy) and will do better with more open ice. I am simply reluctant to have youngsters in key offensive roles. It hasn't worked yet and it won't work now. 

[SabreFinn]

9 hours ago, dudacek said:

There is such a thing as a player not being talented enough to play with your most talented players.

Never stopped Jochen Hecht from playing with Brière, or Mike Grier from playing with Drury. Or Evan Rodrigues from skating with the top guys in Florida.

People shouldnt be basing their line choices entirely on offence. Line chemistry and matchup success is what matters.

In theory I have no problem with Greenway playing with more talented players if he supplies what the line needs.

How they compose lines to match opponents top6-lines bothers me. They didn't get the job done last season and I think they still are too unexperinced this season. Do they have lines that can shut down other teams top lines? My answer would be No.