Habsnatic
Joined: Sep. 2016
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I was just thinking about this. I think if you flipped Desharnais and Galchenyuk it'd be just about perfect. DD looked good last night and it's temping for recent events to cloud memory, but I am not sure that he'd be any more effective a first line centre now than he was in the past. He looks good matching up against third lines. Galchenyuk is our first line centre of the future and he and Radulov together have already scored some beauts. Desharnais will get a little less pressure on the 2nd and he's a great passer, great vision. With Lekhoken being a sniper in training and Gallagher having more blue paint on his skates than the bottom of a swimming pool, that line has some real potential. I don't get the vibe from Pleky that he has chemistry yet with Lekhoken or Radulov, but if he's with Shaw and Carr, all he has to do is be a defensively reliable centre (which he is and Desharnais is not) and pass it forward.
The Habs 4th line is almost perfect - maybe use Danault as the 13th forward to keep Flynn in for faceoffs though.