I don't think there is much of a chance they're rolling into the playoffs with shattenkirk on his off-side.

I don't think beecher and JVR have any sort of correlation here. I think it's more of a JVR/Lauko/Maroon conversation. I'm guessing Lauko is the odd man out.

Couple of things

1. I do believe they are playing Shattenkirk on his offside, so they can access him on the powerplay

2. Beecher has been an offensive black hole. I’d include him in the JVR/Lauko/Maroon discussion.

I tend to believe that Montgomery will go more with the vets vs the young players. That said, I do think they might need one defensive line which makes the JVR/Maroon decision more of a question

Beecher has been better recently and has better offensive production this season than Lauko. He was coming into his own on the 4th line with Boqvist. I wouldn't break that up.

Has he been better recently? I haven't seen much. He averages two pts more than Lauko, that's not much of a difference and he's got a likely unsustainable 18% shot%.

Yeah.... and JVR has 2 points since February. Beecher is the best of the bunch for his faceoff ability, speed, and forechecking.

van Riemsdyk has definitely struggled, but Beecher isn't consistent enough to call him a regular or be in the "he's absolutely gotta be in the lineup" territory. The few attributes he brings are useful, but there's much more in hockey. Hopefully all four of van Riemsdyk, Maroon, Lauko and Beecher step up.

Beecher was everywhere last night - might have been his best game yet. He deserves to be in the lineup consistently going forward