[Jonas Siegel] Il reste encore une semaine au camp, mais vous pouvez voir les contours du groupe d’attaquants initial des Leafs (moins John Tavares et Pierre Engvall) prendre forme :
Still another week left in camp, but you can see the outlines of the Leafs’ initial forward group (minus John Tavares and Pierre Engvall) taking shape:
Bunting — Matthews — Marner
Nylander — Kerfoot — Jarnkrok
Aston-Reese — Kampf — Aube-KubelFourth line still TBD.
— Jonas Siegel (@jonassiegel) September 29, 2022
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Bunting — Matthews — Marner
Nylander — Kerfoot — Jarnkrok
Aston-Reese — Kampf — Aube-Kubel
Fourth line still TBD.
I feel like we should see Malgin on the second line at least until Tavares is back. Perfect opportunity to see if he has what it takes to contribute in the top 6. If so, the line gets even better when Tavares comes back.
Isn’t Engvall expected to be back before the regular season? Or did I imagine that? I assume he would end up on a 3rd line with Jarnkrok. Malgin to line 2. Kampf line becomes the 4th line once fully healthy.
Fully Healthy Lineup?
Bunting – Matthews – Marner
Nylander – Tavares – Jarnkrok
Engvall – Kerfoot – Malgin
Aston-Reese – Kampf – Aube-Kubel
Thoughts?
EDIT
If the Nylander/Malgin chemistry continues to be as good as it is, and Tavares is looking a little too slow to be playing C anymore, I imagine you could see something crazy like
Tavares – Matthews – Marner
Nylander – Jarnkrok – Malgin
Bunting – Kerfoot – Engvall
Hopefully Engvall can learn to play RW, if not I assume Kerfoot is good enough where he can play 3rd line RW and have Engvall play C.
I’m this setup, the TOI for lines 2 and 3 would be a lot more evenly split, with both running 15/17 a night, essentially having 1 First line, 2 2nd lines and a 4th line
Oh man, that third line will score 0 points, but also allow 0. ‘The Black Hole’ line, lol
breaking up malgfootlander seems insane