Playoff Lines in different scenarios

Created by: Pens3lieve

Team: 2019-20 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: May 11, 2020

Published: May 27, 2020

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Assuming the Pens are healthy, there are a ton of options for line combinations assuming the playoffs resume.
Below are suggested lines in different scenarios:

Insert-"thanks bjugstad for ruining this post."

If Guentzel/Bjugstad were not good to go:

Zucker-Crosby-Sheary
Marleau-Malkin-Rust
Erod-McCann-Hornqvist
ZAR-Bleuger-Tanev

Nightmare scenario-NO Sid or Geno:

Guentzel-Bjugstad-Rust
Zucker-McCann-Sheary
Marleau-Rodrigues-Hornqvist
ZAR-Bleuger-Tanev

Lineup to utilize most possible speed:

Guentzel-Crosby-Sheary
Zucker-Malkin-Rust
Marleau-McCann-Rodrigues
ZAR-Bleuger-Tanev

Lineup to utilize more "grit":

Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
McCann-Malkin-Zucker
Marleau-Bjugstad-Hornqvist
ZAR-Bleuger-Tanev

Breaking up Buzzsaw (I don't want to) and having a really balanced lineup:

Guentzel-Crosby-Erod
Marleau-Malkin-Rust
Zucker-McCann-Tanev
ZAR-Bjugstad-Hornqvist

Lines we want to see again:

Zucker-Crosby-Sheary
Guentzel-Malkin-Rust
McCann-Bjugstad-Hornqvist
ZAR-Bleuger-Tanev

Lineup that won't happen:

Guentzel-Crosby-Zucker
Rust-Malkin-Hornqvist
Marleau-McCann-Tanev
ZAR-Bjugstad-Erod

Zucker to 3rd line for more balance:

Guentzel-Crosby-Sheary
Marleau-Malkin-Rust
Zucker-BJugstad-Hornqvist
ZAR-Bleuger-Tanev

Top-Heavy lineup

Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
Zucker-Malkin-Hornqvist
Sheary-McCann-Bjugstad
ZAR-Bleuger-Tanev

Bjugs in top-6:

Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
Zucker-Malkin-Bjugstad
Erod-McCann-Hornqvist
ZAR-Bleuger-Tanev

McCann back with Sid:

McCann-Crosby-Guentzel
Zucker-Malkin-Rust
Marleau-Bjugstad-Hornqvist
ZAR-Bleuger-Tanev

Lines prediction for game 1 Below:

For the D there aren't as many options:

1. Dumoulin-Letang --they are a legit top pairing!
2. Petterson-Marino ----Petterson had a down year but is still better than JJ.
3. JJ/Riikola-Schultz -----JJ for heavy teams; Riikola for speed teams. I'd start Riikola no matter what, but Schultz had a terrible year.

Goalies
Murray or Jarry?
The great debate.
I go with Murray in Game 1 and go from there based on performance.

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Casey DeSmith: $175,000 ($1,250,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
25	$81,500,000	$78,982,875	$132,500	$982,500	$2,517,125

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 5	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 6	Sheary, Conor $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Zucker, Jason $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 4	Malkin, Evgeni $9,500,000$9,500,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Rust, Bryan $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Marleau, Patrick $700,000$700,000 LW, C UFA - 1	McCann, Jared $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Hörnqvist, Patric $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW NTC UFA - 4
	Blueger, Teddy $750,000$750,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Tanev, Brandon $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 6
Aston-Reese, Zach $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dumoulin, Brian $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Letang, Kris $7,250,000$7,250,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Murray, Matt $3,750,000$3,750,000 G UFA - 1
Pettersson, Marcus $874,125$874,125 LD UFA - 1	Marino, John $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 2	Jarry, Tristan $675,000$675,000 G UFA - 1
Riikola, Juuso $850,000$850,000 LD UFA - 1	Schultz, Justin $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Johnson, Jack $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 4		Bjugstad, Nick $2,050,000$2,050,000 C, RW UFA - 2
Ruhwedel, Chad $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 2		Simon, Dominik $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Rodrigues, Evan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1
Angello, Anthony $833,750$833,750 C, RW UFA - 1
Lafferty, Sam $767,500$767,500 ($132,500$132K) RW, C, LW UFA - 1

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May 27, 2020 at 3:59 p.m.

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I'd start Murray but it would have to be on a short leash. If he loses the first 2 games with a very low save percentage, I'd be willing to swap Jarry in.

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May 27, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.

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Quoting: MitchMarnerElite

I'd start Murray but it would have to be on a short leash. If he loses the first 2 games with a very low save percentage, I'd be willing to swap Jarry in.

if he loses game 1 and its even remotely his fault id put jarry in. its a short series.

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