Projected Lines For 09-10 Season...

[illownyou]

...since we can all safely assume that the Blues won't see any signifigant player movement before the season starts...

anyone care to share the possible lines??? Gotta talk about something around here...its a damn ghost town.

[glen a richter]

Are we anticipating a D pairing of TJ Fast and Bryce Lampman? If so, then

Seriously though, we should expect to see pretty much more of the same as last year, no? Except for guys returning from injury. I don't expect to see any new rookies on the team this season.

[theohall]

Who is going to be the 6th defeseman, since in spite of JD's assurances, Brewer won't be starting the season? Thank the hockey gods for small favors.

Forwards aren't going to change much.
Kid line - Oshie-Berglund-Perron
Vet line - Boyes-MacDonald-Steen
Vet line 2 - Tkachuk-Kariya-Crombeen
Yellow line - Winchester-McClement-King/Janssen

Mix and match those vet lines all you want, including moving King up or down with Crombeen.

Defense
Johnson-Colaiacovo
Jackman-Polak
Weaver-whomever steps in.

[cprice12]

Who is going to be the 6th defeseman, since in spite of JD's assurances, Brewer won't be starting the season? Thank the hockey gods for small favors.

Forwards aren't going to change much.
Kid line - Oshie-Berglund-Perron
Vet line - Boyes-MacDonald-Steen
Vet line 2 - Tkachuk-Kariya-Crombeen
Yellow line - Winchester-McClement-King/Janssen

Mix and match those vet lines all you want, including moving King up or down with Crombeen.

Defense
Johnson-Colaiacovo
Jackman-Polak
Weaver-whomever steps in.

Unless he completely stinks it up in camp or someone else really plays over their head...I think it's pretty safe to assume Petro will be on the team next season.

[kodos]

I would flip around the defense so that Coliacovo and Johnson are split up.

[theboat]

Who is going to be the 6th defeseman, since in spite of JD's assurances, Brewer won't be starting the season? Thank the hockey gods for small favors.

Forwards aren't going to change much.
Kid line - Oshie-Berglund-Perron
Vet line - Boyes-MacDonald-Backes
Vet line 2 - Tkachuk-Kariya-Crombeen
Yellow line - Winchester-McClement-King/Janssen

Mix and match those vet lines all you want, including moving King up or down with Crombeen.

Defense
Johnson-Colaiacovo
Jackman-Polak
Weaver-whomever steps in.

[kodos]

If our kid line can match or improve on last year then the Blues actually have a rather scary offense.

Hopefully we won't have any sophomore slumps on our hands.

I also think we need to give Kariya someone better then Tkachuk and Crombeen to work with. Those two middle lines need some tweaking.

That said, this is Andy Freaking Murray, so the odds of any line staying together for more then 30 minutes is about zippo.

[glen a richter]

Who is going to be the 6th defeseman, since in spite of JD's assurances, Brewer won't be starting the season? Thank the hockey gods for small favors.

Forwards aren't going to change much.
Kid line - Oshie-Berglund-Perron
Vet line - Boyes-MacDonald-Backes
Vet line 2 - Tkachuk-Kariya-Crombeen
Yellow line - Winchester-McClement-King/Janssen

Mix and match those vet lines all you want, including moving King up or down with Crombeen.

Defense
Johnson-Colaiacovo
Jackman-Polak
Weaver-whomever steps in.

Good eye, new guy.

[WaukeeBlues]

Who is going to be the 6th defeseman, since in spite of JD's assurances, Brewer won't be starting the season? Thank the hockey gods for small favors.

Forwards aren't going to change much.
Kid line - Oshie-Berglund-Perron
Vet line - Kariya-McDonald-Boyes
Vet line 2 - Backes-Tkachuk-Steen
Yellow line - Crombeen/Winchester-McClement-Janssen

Mix and match those vet lines all you want, including moving King up or down with Crombeen.

Defense
Johnson-Colaiacovo
Pietrangelo-Polak
Jackman-Weaver/ whomever steps in.

I think Kariya's going to get another stab at getting a 20+ goal season and he'll get put with McDonald and Boyes, adjusted as the year goes on. I think putting Backes with Tkachuk and Steen gives you a more powerful line all around then having Kariya with them. The possibly bad side-effect is that Backes might be scoring fewer goals without a good set-up guy on his line with him. We'll see how it shapes up but your basic outline was a good one I think.

And I don't think King will be getting many nods this year. Janssen all the way.

Petro will make the team out of camp. I put Jackman as the 5th though that is likely wrong.

[theohall]

Do not put Tkachuk at center. He doesn't score as a center and actually plays better when on LW.

How could I miss Backes?

[Jeffro]

Boyes Backes McDonald
Perron Berglund Oshie
Kariya Tkachuk Winchester
Crombeen McClement Steen

Ex. King, Janssen, (Stastny)

Johnson Jackman
Polak Pietrangelo
Colaiacovo Weaver/Bell

Ex. Bell/Weaver

[rivermenfan33]

Forward-

Line 1- Paul Kariya - Andy McDonald - Brad Boyes
Line 2- T.J. Oshie- Patrik Berglund - David Perron
Line 3- Keith Tkachuck - David Backes - Alex Steen
Line 4- B.J. Crombeen - Jay McClement - Cam Janssen
Extra- Brad Winchester, D.J. King

Defense-

Line 1- Erik Johnson - Barret Jackson
Line 2- Roman Polak - Alex Pietrangelo
Line 3- Carlo Coliacovo - Mike Weaver
Extra- Daryl Sydor

Goalie-
1. Chris Mason
2. Ty Conklin

[section319]

Does it really matter? Murray will change the lines every 4 games and switch them up multiple times through out the game anyway. And yeah Tkachuk should be at LW, we have to play Tkachuk at center though, unless you switch him and Backes.

Maybe like..
Tkachuk-Mcdonald-Boyes
Kariya-Backes-Steen
Oshie-Berglund-Perron
Winchester-Mcclement-Janssen/King/Crombeen

I really do like those lines a lot. Looks pretty money to me, but like I said before it doesn't really matter anyway.

[ZigZagBluesFan]

According to Strickland:

Kariya-Berglund-Boyes
Perron-Backes-McDonald
Winchester-Tkachuk-Oshie
Steen-McClement-Crombeen/Janssen/King

[DaDitka]

According to Strickland:

Kariya-Berglund-Boyes
Perron-Backes-McDonald
Winchester-Tkachuk-Oshie
Steen-McClement-Crombeen/Janssen/King

Swapped Berg and Walt today in practice. Berg/Oshie/Winchester were pretty good Saturday.

[glen a richter]

If any of the kids, the ones that are actually on the horizon: Eller, Palushaj, Sonne, end up tearing it up in Peoria, it would be nice to see them getting some time towards the end of the season. Not if it's because they're out of the playoff hunt though.

Sooner or later they're going to have to slide these kids into the lineup or trade someone.

[ohio BLUES]

Who is going to be the 6th defeseman, since in spite of JD's assurances, Brewer won't be starting the season? Thank the hockey gods for small favors.

Forwards aren't going to change much.
Kid line - Oshie-Berglund-Perron
Vet line - Boyes-MacDonald-Steen
Vet line 2 - Tkachuk-Kariya-Crombeen
Yellow line - Winchester-McClement-King/Janssen

Mix and match those vet lines all you want, including moving King up or down with Crombeen.

Defense
Johnson-Colaiacovo
Jackman-Polak
Weaver-whomever steps in.

your forgetting porter palushaj reaves and plenty of others am i missing something or are you just forgetting about our best players

[SIU LAW]

your forgetting porter palushaj reaves and plenty of others am i missing something or are you just forgetting about our best players

good job mocking me u (Frank) fagot

[Sweetred95ta]

your forgetting porter palushaj reaves and plenty of others am i missing something or are you just forgetting about our best players

Nicely done.