TML 2019 Babcock got puzzled

Thx Mike for listening what some of us are calling out since COL trade............

Keep it up with the "new you" when Hyman back and create the following :

1st Line...... Hyman - Tavares - Marner
2nd Line...... Moore - Matthews - Nylander
3rd Line..... Johnsson - Kerfoot - Kapanen
4th Line.......Mikheyev - Gauthier - Spezza

Mikheyev has been way to good to be relegated to the fourth line.

Matthews line has looked good. Why are you messing with it?

As Mikheyev so Moore.....the difference is you wont need to pay Moore next year and he can do the job for 775k.

With Mikheyev to 4th Line you are creating another strong Line, again both Mikheyev as Moore for that spot, just Mikheyev wont leetch on Matthews and demanding more money, while Moore should leetch on Matthews and being 40 Pointer for 775K. Lets see how good Mikheyev is when hes not sheltered....Brown got 28 Points there last year....still didnt see anything that would put Mikheyev in front of Moore....

Matthews Line is working true...but now if you put "mediocre" Grinder to that Line ( which would be Moore in that case ) you create a killing 3rd Line with Johnsson - Kerfoot - Kapanen which would have upper hand over 90% of 3rd Lines in the League.

Oh, the problem the Leafs have....too many good wingers. Right now I'd have Timashov in the line up and not Spezza. Mikheyev or Moore can go to right wing.
Everyone points to the return of Hyman. Even when he returns, there might be other injuries...and more juggling.
IMO, the LWers of Hyman, Johnson, Moore and even Mikheyev are pretty interchangeable on any line. Yep, Kapanen seems to better much better on the right wing.
As suggested by Laudan, the Leafs third line can be very good compared to others.

I know it's your thing but I'm not holding the team back to prevent a player from doing well so his contract asks are lower.

I want my players to succeed. If they succeed so much that they're expensive we can trade them for value