Official Kevin Hayes and Dan Boyle suck thread

The lines were horrible, I am agreeing.

Why does he separate Brassard and Zucarello?

Lines should be:
Nash Brassard Zucarello
Krider Stepan Fast
Miller Stall Stallberg
Linberg Moore Glass

Hayes should be scratched, period. The only other thing I will try is changing Krider with Miller. Maybe Krider can learn a thing or two from Stall. This is the team! Why AV is trying something different is beyond me.

 

or you can try putting Miller on Brass' line, IMO Nash should play on Stepan's line or Brass', Miller should play on either of top 3, and Krider either on Stepan's or Stall's. That is it! AV is trying to be creative for no reason, and why Stall with Boyle are second pair Ds?

 

The more I think about it the ore I think he should put Hayes in the top 9 and let it fly. That is our best hope. That is how we can get enough depth to really win. Hayes is not a 4th line guy, that role is not suited for him at all IMO.

I would go back to basics and go:

Miller/Brass/Zucc
Kreider/Step/Fast
Nash/Staal/Hayes
Lindberg/Moore/Stalberg

I think that gives us balance and depth. Playing Hayes on the 4th line is asking for trouble. That is a bad spot for him. I may switch Stalberg and Fast though because I like the idea of Fast on the 4th line. I think he would really be a good fit there. Then have Stalberg with CK and Step. Again good balance and depth.

We need Hayes...I really don't see a way around it. So with that being the case I think getting him off the 4th line is the play.

 

I like your lines except I would not play Nash with Staal AND Hayes. This line would be slow as molasses. I would move down CK to see if he can click with Staal and move up the big pussy with Stepan. Of course we need that lazy dog Hayes. Our extra forward is Glass...LOL It is a joke.

 

??????????before any one thinks about beating
the Caps [unless the Rangers become a WildCard
during this past month], I'd worry about the
Islanders and/or Penguins.

 

And before I worry about what guys play with what guy on the forward lines (pretty much should be interchangeable) if we don't straighten the defense to the point where they can get out of their own end as hillary would say "what difference does it make". If AV doesn't change his slow as molasses defense staal, girardi, boyle and klein from the current impossible to play man to man to a zone defense I don't see how it changes.