Have they not used these lines yet?? This makes too much sense.

3rd line is the different line. They pretty much used these for a solid amount of the season.

Makes too much sense, that's why Ruff hasn't done this yet



Not necessarily. They used these combos for some parts of the season but not for "a solid amount". Ruff likes to change up the lines a lot. Bratt was usually with Mercer and Johnsson. Siegenthaler was mostly with Severson. Sharangovich was mostly in the bottom 6. Tatar barely played with Hughes. Kuokkanen has never been with Mercer or Johnsson. And more

I wouldn't mind this. Looks good.
Hoping Mercer can elevate Kuokkanen's game back to last season's levels.

Not necessarily. They used these combos for some parts of the season but not for "a solid amount". Ruff likes to change up the lines a lot. Bratt was usually with Mercer and Johnsson. Siegenthaler was mostly with Severson. Sharangovich was mostly in the bottom 6. Tatar barely played with Hughes. Kuokkanen has never been with Mercer or Johnsson. And more[/quote]

Weren't these not the opening night D pairings? Idk why I thought that, but they looked super familiar seeing Seig/Subban together and Smith/Severson. Maybe im thinking end of year last year. And I thought beginning of the year Lindy tried to keep the Hughes, Kuok, Shara line together before the wingers fell off a cliff/Hughes got hurt. That's why i felt like the only line that significantly changed for me was 3rd line here.

But either way, looks good.

At this point I say throw Mcleod at 2C with Hughes as LW.

Imagine what Hughes could do with McLeod winning 55% faceoffs on average. Maybe Hughes can bring out the best in Mcleod like Kaprizov did with Hartman.