Love it, crazy how much we are missing Liljegren cant wait to have him back on the right side instead of Mete. Looking forward to Sandin back on the left too i didn't love his game on the right side.

Would like to see Simmer in this one as the Stars have some heavy forwards and Simmer will want to make a statement.

Yeah I would put him in for NAK. I know Keefe probably wants that 4th line to gel, but it has not been working. You like it because they hit and forecheck, but what's the point of a forecheck if you are in your own zone the whole game. Would like if they also brought Engvail down to play with Kampf. Have someone carry it if the d is sagging back on you.

I would like to see Sandin and Lilly playing in the top 4 just to see how they do, they were a pair in the ahl and know each other very well.

I just went off of the practice lines, i would love to see kampf and engvall back together, maybe move ZAR up to the third line.

Yeah Liljegren back would be huge. I guess he would play with Muzzin, but honestly I would interchange the top 4 based on situation at least. Run Muzzin-Brodie so you at least have one pair that can shut teams down. Give Reilly ozone starts.

It's tough to throw someone like Sandin on his off-side. I don't understand why the veteran you got is not doing it instead of the young dman.

Gio has played the right side before, he can i dont see why they dont use him there. Things like this gives me some worries about Keef sometimes.

Yeah sorry bud, didn't mean it as a criticism of your post- I understand that you were just posting the expected lines. Just took this post to opine on how I would run them.

Yeah I would move ZAR up to the 3rd line. I get that's not ideal because whatever offence you may expect that line to have eventually is limited with ZAR there, and that line has been good. But that 4th line is having a tough go.

Lol right there with you. I think Keefe is a really good coach. I think he can have success. But I do worry about certain things he does, or doesn't do. Like you said, Gio has played the right side. He's the one with experience. Your entire group spent the summer making the argument that Sandin has barely played (rightfully so), odd then to handicap him like that. Reminds of randomly playing Nylander at 2C for the first time in 3yrs during the Columbus series.

YES!! and wondering why it didnt work. He also frustrates me when he tries something once and just says there i did it and it wont work.

Exactly, why put Sandin on his offside when you're expecting him to be 2nd pairing in 2 years.

Or maybe move Kampf up to the 3rd line where he was excellent last year. See Dubass doesn't want to have Jarnkrok or Kerfoot on the 4th line because it makes him look foolish having a cheaper Kampf playing above them. imo