@MisstheWhalers @bunzy1034 @Jetman @Birtle34 @HockeyFan989
You guys might hate me for saying this but I think the jets should split up the second line when Dubois gets back. Hear me out.
So we all know that ehlers is driving that line and stastny is doing a great job with support and copp is the perfect guy to put in front of the net. Now, as much as I like stastny, Dubois brings the same game but with more speed, skill, size, and playmaking ability. Imo thay line works because it has the 3 best corsi guys on the team in it and they have 1 mentality, get pucks to the net. It works but Dubois is better at doing that than stastny. Also consider this, stastny has the least amount of points since that line has been put together. By no means is he contributing less but he’s not contributing to the finishing plays as much. He also has the lowest corsi of the 3. Therefore, I think Maurice should put Dubois in that spot. Now, the rest is up to Maurice, he can either have 2 3rd lines and give the jets the best depth they have had in years or he loads up the 3rd line. Either way I’m honestly okay with it. Now based on what I said and let’s say Maurice plays 4 lines this is what I was thinking:
Connor-scheifele-wheeler
Copp-Dubois-ehlers
Harkins-stastny-perreault
Lewis-Lowry-appleton
Now, I also want to point out a couple of things. Harkins is poised to break out soon right?? Liek it’s not just me. The kid is literally everywhere..
Additionally, a lot of people here seem to want to put copp and Lowry back together. I just want to say 1 thing to that GOD NO. We’ve seen what that does to the other half of their games. Yes they are great defensively together but they are great away from each other too. And away from eachother, they are completely different players in the offensive zone. It’s wonderful and I’m seeing from Lowry what I’ve always hoped to see. Let’s just agree that those two are better kept apart (at least for now)
Finally, can we agree on one more thing? This team needs another top 4 d to play with JoMo. Demelo and JoMo are great together, but maybe another top 4 rd will give the d-core one last boost it needs. This team is looking good though. They did great handling McJesus and this is honestly the best set of games the oilers have played all season so we got a better team than the standings show. It’s very early, but with a few tweaks this team could be the real deal