Marc Crawford: "How I Pick My Lines"

[moontheloon23]

Crawford's not the only coach to put an enforcer/scrapper on a line with his skill players. It's not very uncommon.

Originally Posted by spi84ral

not it's not.

It's certainly double-negative filled...

[charles]

Given the 576 line combinations available when skating 12 forwards and assuming no versatility (4C's, 4LW, 4RW), and estimating about 45 seconds per shift, and figuring for about 42 minutes of even strength play per game, and knowing that a season is 82 games long, there's just about time for every possible combination to get 8 shifts over the course of a season, which...really should be enough to determine which combos work best, right?

[InvisibleCities]

[charles]

Originally Posted by InvisibleCities

honestly, i've no problems with MC's road-game line shuffling, but that cartoon is probably the single funniest thing i've seen on a hockey board of any kind, ever.

[BabaORiley]

Crawford is nothing to bitch about when it comes to that. The weirdest line combos came out of the arse of Larry Robinson.

[FishMonger]

Originally Posted by InvisibleCities

I dunno why that's so funny, but people in my building are wondering what is going on, I'm laughing so hard

[RagBone]

Originally Posted by DiehardKingsFan

Crawford's not the only coach to put an enforcer/scrapper on a line with his skill players. It's not very uncommon.

Jarri Kurri - Wayne Gretzky - Dave "Cementhead" Semenko is the perfect example of this.

[moontheloon23]

Originally Posted by RagBone

Jarri Kurri - Wayne Gretzky - Dave "Cementhead" Semenko is the perfect example of this.

Yeah but you forgot to take into account the equation:

Gretzky + Kurri>>>>Kopitar + Brown

Although you could make a strong case that:

Ivanans>>>>>Everyone + god