Possible Playoff Lineup... What does everyone think?

Of the 6 regular defenseman Gogo strikes me as the one to lose minutes come playoff time is he becomes a liability on D.

Feds and Talbot are proven playoff commodities so they must have a jersey come playoff time but I agree they should get limited fourth line role minutes and can be plugged in from time to time with Geno or Sid

As much as I crap on Craig Adams, I think Talbot’s been worse. I know, injury, but in the playoffs there isn’t room for sentimentality or hoping that a player will recover fully. You go with your best 12 forwards.

Have a tough time chewing on that one. He’s got 3g 24a in 62 games played this season and only 5 of those assists are on the powerplay. That means his even strength play has him 22 points. Compare that to the rest of the D core at even strength (pts = G+A):

Letang: 22pts
Gonchar: 16pts
Gogo: 18pts
Orpik: 17pts
Leopold: 17pts
Eaton: 13pts
McKee: 8pts

He’s producing better than any other defenseman at even strength which I think is very important come playoff time. I also think he’s improving on the defensive side and hes always up against everyone else’s top line and is still in the plus side of the +/-

He’s essential to the Defensive Core this season.

I agree on Adams. He should prob be in the lineup cuz of experience and PK ability and just his physical presence. I just couldn’t take feds out of the lineup for some reason and I know Talbot has been having an off year too but gotta give him respect for what he did in last years playoffs

I like your lines—mostly b/c you are sitting Feds.

But I also like putting Crosby with Dupuis and Guerin. He gets the most out of those guys and I think he can be productive with them, but he will still need Kunitz some of the time.

Malkin-Poni are the core of the 2nd line. Rotate in other players (NOT named Fedostinko) including Talbot and even Rupp. They just need someone who will hustle of the forecheck.

To anyone who says that Feds is a proven playoff commodity, I say, TB’s Cup was a long time ago and last year, he MISSED more glorious opps than the rest of the team combined. Malkin, esp., was setting him up constantly and still his conversion rate didn’t even smell the Mendoza line.

I thought Shero should have dealt Feds at the deadline to some sucker contender that would overpay for his 2 Cups. If they could have gotten a 2nd back—to replace the one swapped for Leopold—that would have been sweet. But a 3rd would have done it if I were GM.

IMO, Fedotenko is this year’s Petr Sykora — he doesn’t have it anymore, so he should sit — (assuming Talbot and the rest of the forwards are (reasonably) healthy.

What good is a “finisher” who can’t finish?
Feds is so weak on the puck, if a d-man breathes on him he falls over. Awful.

The 3rd line stays.

The 4th line — I agree, Adams brings a lot in terms of grit and PK. He’s got 2 Cups and he’s money come playoff time. You don’t sit him or Rupp.

The D is a mess.
McKee is too slow and GoGo makes too many mistakes, but that only leaves 5.
And I don’t have a good sense on Leopold yet.

I take it back I think your lines are perfect. McKee might be slow, but he’s a stay at home defender, he doesn’t or shouldn’t be really getting into situation where he needs to be fast.