Possible Line combos if Brassard signs

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Created by: Oilyboy

Team: 2019-20 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 21, 2019

Published: Aug. 21, 2019

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Option 1:
Drai-McD-Kassian
Neal-Nuge-Chiasson
Nygard-Brassard-Gagner
Granlund-Khaira-Archibald
Haas

Option 2:
Drai-McD-Kassian
Brassard-Nuge-Neal
Khaira-Granlund-Archibald
Nygard-Gagner-Chiasson
Haas

I kind of like option 2 if Granlund shows some center ability in camp...gives the oil a very defensively responsible line in JJ-Gran-Arch, and an offensive bottom 6 line to go against weak opposition in Nygard-Gagner-Chiasson. Both lines could play just 11-12 mins a game, with the top lines both very capable of playing 16 mins plus each.

Of course Brassard should be 3C if nobody comes close to his center ability, but chemistry with Nuge and Neal would make for a potentially great line. The nice thing now is, if even one of Neal or Brassard bounce back for 20 goals or 40 plus points, Holland will have had a great summer. Not all the "bounce back" pressure will be riding on Neal alone.

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Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
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	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 6	Chiasson, Alex $2,150,000$2,150,000 RW UFA - 2
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	Gagner, Sam $2,835,000$2,835,000 RW, C UFA - 1	Granlund, Markus $1,300,000$1,300,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 1
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Aug. 21, 2019 at 8:59 a.m.

Csick123

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Neal has to play with Drai and/or McDavid imo

Aug. 21, 2019 at 9:01 a.m.

DripBayless

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You could start a game with option 1 and depending how the game goes, can probably stack up the Top 6 like you have in option 2

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Aug. 21, 2019 at 9:09 a.m.

Oilyboy

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Quoting: Csick123

Neal has to play with Drai and/or McDavid imo

Obviously Neal is most likely to have chemistry with them...just hoping he shows something with Nuge and can spread it out.

If not, I figure something like this could also work if Granlund can handle a small 3C role:

Drai-McD-Neal
Brassard-Nuge-Chiasson
Khaira-Granlund-Kassian
Nygard-Gagner-Archibald

Again, bottom 2 lines may play nearly equal minutes at even strength.

In any case, as the comment from "Connors Cousin" explains, Brassard sure does give a nice ability to either spread wealth or put out two potentially dangerous scoring lines back to back now. Brassard bouncing back to even 35-40 points would really change the dynamic.

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