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Top 5 best lines in the NHL

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Initial Creation Date: Aug. 31, 2021
Published: Aug. 31, 2021
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Left WingCentreRight Wing
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Landeskog, Gabriel
$7,000,000$7,000,000
LW, C
NMC
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MacKinnon, Nathan
$6,300,000$6,300,000
C
M-NTC
UFA - 2
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Rantanen, Mikko
$9,250,000$9,250,000
RW, C
UFA - 4
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Palat, Ondrej
$5,300,000$5,300,000
LW, RW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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Point, Brayden
$6,750,000$6,750,000
C, RW
UFA - 1
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Marchand, Brad
$6,125,000$6,125,000
LW
NMC
UFA - 4
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Bergeron, Patrice
$6,875,000$6,875,000
C
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 1
Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Kucherov, Nikita
$9,500,000$9,500,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 6
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Miller, J.T.
$5,250,000$5,250,000
C, LW, RW
UFA - 2
Pettersson, Ellias
$8,000,000$8,000,000
Logo of the Boston Bruins
Pastrnak, David
$6,666,667$6,666,667
RW
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Ritchie, Nick
$2,500,000$2,500,000
LW
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Matthews, Auston
$11,640,250$11,640,250
C
UFA - 3
Logo of the Vancouver Canucks
Boeser, Brock
$5,875,000$5,875,000
RW
UFA - 1
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Marner, Mitchell
$10,903,000$10,903,000
RW
UFA - 4
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Logo of the New York Islanders
Pelech, Adam
$5,750,000$5,750,000
LD
UFA - 8
Logo of the New York Islanders
Pulock, Ryan
$5,000,000$5,000,000
RD
UFA - 1
Logo of the New York Islanders
Varlamov, Semyon
$5,000,000$5,000,000
G
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
Toews, Devon
$4,100,000$4,100,000
LD
UFA - 3
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
Makar, Cale
$9,000,000$9,000,000
RD
UFA - 6
Sorokin, Illya
$4,000,000$4,000,000
Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Hedman, Victor
$7,875,000$7,875,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Rutta, Jan
$1,300,000$1,300,000
LD/RD
UFA - 1
Logo of the New York Rangers
Lindgren, Ryan
$3,000,000$3,000,000
LD
RFA - 3
Logo of the New York Rangers
Fox, Adam
$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
RD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins
Dumoulin, Brian
$4,100,000$4,100,000
LD
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins
Letang, Kris
$7,250,000$7,250,000
RD
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 1

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Aug. 31, 2021 at 3:53 p.m.
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JG1972
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i think id switch the Matthews and Pettersson lines. just my opinion.
Aug. 31, 2021 at 3:53 p.m.
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id put Hyman-McDavid-Pulju over the canucks line probably.
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Aug. 31, 2021 at 3:54 p.m.
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Quoting: Petey232323
id put Hyman-McDavid-Pulju over the canucks line probably.


The canucks top line was top 5 in the league last year. I think that line will even better this upcoming year imo
Aug. 31, 2021 at 3:56 p.m.
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Hyman-McDavid-Puljujarvi will be one of the best lines in the league In my opinion… if Hyman clicks.
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Aug. 31, 2021 at 3:58 p.m.
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I love hedman but I don't think that pair was that good this season. I would take Ekblad - Weegar over the bottom 3 d pairs
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Aug. 31, 2021 at 4:04 p.m.
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Top 10 lines based on CF% (per Evolving Wild)

1. MacKinnon, Landeskog, Rantanen (COL)
2. Bergeron, Pastrnak, Marchand (BOS)
3. Danault, Gallagher, Tatar (MTL)
4. Barkov, Duclair, Verhaege (FLA)
5. Matthew, Marner, Thornton (TOR)
6. Barzal, Lee, Eberle (NYI)
7. Karlsson, Marchessault, Smith (VGK)
8. Suzuki, Anderson, Drouin (MTL)
9. Hintz, Pavelski, Robertson (DAL)
10. Hughes, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich (NJD)
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Aug. 31, 2021 at 4:05 p.m.
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Quoting: NHLfan10506
Top 10 lines based on CF% (per Evolving Wild)

1. MacKinnon, Landeskog, Rantanen (COL)
2. Bergeron, Pastrnak, Marchand (BOS)
3. Danault, Gallagher, Tatar (MTL)
4. Barkov, Duclair, Verhaege (FLA)
5. Matthew, Marner, Thornton (TOR)
6. Barzal, Lee, Eberle (NYI)
7. Karlsson, Marchessault, Smith (VGK)
8. Suzuki, Anderson, Drouin (MTL)
9. Hintz, Pavelski, Robertson (DAL)
10. Hughes, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich (NJD)


Close enough lol
Aug. 31, 2021 at 4:12 p.m.
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Thanks for including the Lindgren-Fox pairing. Super underrated and Lindgren is a huge contributing factor to Fox’s Norris Trophy.
Aug. 31, 2021 at 4:15 p.m.
#9
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Quoting: Imagine875948
The canucks top line was top 5 in the league last year. I think that line will even better this upcoming year imo


Top 5 in what? They have decent xGF% and GF% rates but there were tons of other lines which outperformed them
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Aug. 31, 2021 at 4:22 p.m.
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Quoting: Nhl_oilers
Hyman-McDavid-Puljujarvi will be one of the best lines in the league In my opinion… if Hyman clicks.


I'd be okay with just including the below somewhere:

???, McDavid, ???
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Aug. 31, 2021 at 4:32 p.m.
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0 reason McDavid line shouldn't be on here
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Aug. 31, 2021 at 4:34 p.m.
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Quoting: Imagine875948
The canucks top line was top 5 in the league last year. I think that line will even better this upcoming year imo


Top-5 in what?
Aug. 31, 2021 at 4:38 p.m.
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Jeuck75
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Weegar-Ekblad top 5
Aug. 31, 2021 at 5:09 p.m.
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Quoting: Petey232323
id put Hyman-McDavid-Pulju over the canucks line probably.


Quoting: Nhl_oilers
Hyman-McDavid-Puljujarvi will be one of the best lines in the league In my opinion… if Hyman clicks.


Quoting: Jeuck75
0 reason McDavid line shouldn't be on here


I'd be tempted to run

Hyman - McDavid - Yamamoto
Nugent-Hopkins - Draisaitl - Puljujarvi

as I think both lines will be stronger in that configuration with a better balance of size, speed, skill and defensive ability.
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Aug. 31, 2021 at 5:13 p.m.
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I'd be tempted to run

Hyman - McDavid - Yamamoto
Nugent-Hopkins - Draisaitl - Puljujarvi

as I think both lines will be stronger in that configuration with a better balance of size, speed, skill and defensive ability.


We could try that, but I would still stick with Puljujarvi and McDavid unless those lines you showed is really good. I like Puljujarvi and McDavids chemistry!
Sep. 1, 2021 at 8:25 a.m.
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We could try that, but I would still stick with Puljujarvi and McDavid unless those lines you showed is really good. I like Puljujarvi and McDavids chemistry!

Looking at very small sample from the past season, it would appear that McDavid does better with Yamamoto and Draisaitl does better with Puljujarvi. Very small sample, as I say, so not to put too much stock in it, but its certainly something I'd try out during the season.

McDavid with Yamamoto (without Draisaitl): 36:24 TOI, 62.69 CF%, 70.00 SF%, 69.19 xGF%, 76.47 HDCF%
McDavid with Puljujarvi (without Draisaitl): 375:40 TOI, 55.00 CF%, 54.39 SF%, 56.67 xGF%, 56.49 HDCF%

Draisaitl with Yamamoto (without McDavid): 443:31 TOI, 46.33 CF%, 46.42 SF%, 43.87 xGF%, 42.68 HDCF%
Draisaitl with Puljujarvi (without McDavid): 32:22 TOI, 59.65 CF%, 61.29 SF%, 74.73 xGF%, 71.43 HDCF%

Also, Hyman and Puljujarvi are both bigger, physical wingers, it doesn't make sense to put both on the first line and leave Draisaitl with two smaller guys.
 
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