For the Canadians:
Anyone else confused with the line combinations a bit?
Kunitz-Crosby-Carter
Sharp-Toews-Nash
Marleau-Getzlaf-Perry
Benn-Tavares-Bergeron
St. Louis-Duchene
Can't say I'm loving Carter on the top line but I can deal with it with Stamkos out.
Bottom six is just weird to me though. Why bring Bergeron if you aren't going to use him at center? They obviously like his defensive game and faceoff ability or else they wouldn't have taken him. All they're doing by putting him on the wing is offsetting those qualities. And to put him with Tavares, who isn't the strongest defensively or the best faceoff guy, along with playing a game that translates very well to the wing and having success playing the wing internationally before, doesn't make sense to me. I'd also like to see Marleau in more of a checking role.
If it were up to me (and Kunitz has to play...):
Kunitz-Crosby-Carter
Tavares-Getzlaf-Perry
Sharp-Toews-Nash
Marleau-Bergeron-Benn
Duchene
St. Louis
The D pairs they were going with in practice were perfect.
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