Quoting: J2W
I didn't actually know the Blues depth chart, this is just from guys who are represented on this site. What do you think of the lines I have up there BTW. Galchenyuk was solid with Byron and Radulov before he got hurt last year, so I put offensive downgrade but defensive (maybe) upgrade Lehkonen with him. I hope Danault and Barbashev flip by seasons end but a know more about Danault when he is healthy. Plekanec is a place holder and hopefully traded by seasons end but that isn't important to this exact trade. Also I don't know if Hudon replaces him or DLR/Froese/A.Shaw.
this took me a bit to ponder
id put Drouin on Chucky RW as he is best on his off wing (dont know why drouin just is ) plus he can help chucky with faceoffs
so i guess i would go based on chemistry and the face Hudon is our best possesion forward bar none and draws a lot of penalties i like keeping him with Gallagher
because the more they play together the better Hudon becomes all around .
Byron-Chucky-Drouin
Hudon-Danault-Gallagher(when theyve played together this year they have been fast and good agitators )
Lehkonen-Shaw- Scherbak(hoping they click if not move up shaw again)
Deslauriers-Barbashev-Carr
Froese(Froese i better then L.Shaw or DLR as 13th forward as every game he is given he plays like his last digging out pucks and paying the price for Deslauriers and Carr to score )
that only covers about 2600/4000 between top 3 centers
but between Drouin ,Barbashev ,Hudon and Byron we should be able to get 1400 faceoffs (drouin with about 600,i would lay about 300-400 on hudon via special teams PK primary center and 400 between byron and barbashev )
ideally i would like to move out byron because until we moved out moen , weise didnt step up , until we moved out weise byron didnt step up and until we move byron someone else cant step up .
i would like to move byron out and promote Lehkonen to top 6 bringing eller in to player third line with Barbashev on his LW transitioning him to center like he started to Chucky as adding eller helps our faceoff issues and our youth WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY more then Plekky because he is Coach Eller and because of his dad he just knows how to make all those around him better .
as far as D you nailed it
id leave benn up top until Mete is ready and Jerabek is so good on his offside its illogical