Wings_Dynasty 267 Report post Posted September 28, 2007 (edited) Here are the lines for opening day as I see it. Homer-Dats-Franzen Hudler-Z-Sammy Cleary-Flip-Draper Drake-Kopper-Maltby Unless Grigs performs a miracle and replaces Hudler, but he may get a shot if Cleary is still out. Downey still has a shot at making the travelling roster but he will have to impress Babs more to get ahead of guys like Ellis and Hartigan. Lids-Raf Lilja-Kronwall Cheli-Lebda Rumors that Sopel will be Dman number 8 and the fight between Quincey, Kindl, Ference, and Meech for #7. Thoughts??? Edited September 28, 2007 by Wings_Dynasty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteLightning91 105 Report post Posted September 28, 2007 Franzen - Datsyuk - Holmstrom Hudler - Zetterberg - Samuelsson Ellis - Filppula - Draper Maltby - Kopecky - Drake From what I read off M-Live this afternoon, it sounds like there is a good chance Cleary is not ready to go for opening night. Grigorenko is a better off getting 19:00 - 21:00 minutes in GR than 10:00 - 13:00 minutes up here. His conditioning and stamina is just not there yet so him starting the season in GR is the best option. I would rather see Downey in as the replacement for Grigs rather than Ellis simply to watch Filppula's back since we will be facing Anaheim. Ellis seems to be making an impression on Babcock though with his hard work and determination to make the team so I think Ellis will replace Cleary if he can't go. Lidstrom - Rafalski Kronwall - Lilja Lebda - Chelios The defense is too top heavy. Lidstrom with Rafalski on defense is the same thing as Datsyuk with Zetterberg on offense. It gives us less depth on defense and leaves our 2nd pairing looking quite scary to me. Kronwall with Lilja is going to be a disaster. Kronwall is a offensive-minded defenseman who likes to join the rush and go for the big hits. That's fine if he has Lidstrom covering for him, but Lilja ain't exactly the same thing. If we want to start grooming Kronwall as the next #1 defenseman on this team, we should pair him with Lidstrom and have Rafalski with Lilja. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204 Report post Posted September 28, 2007 Franzen-Datsyuk-Holmstrom Hudler-Zetterberg-Samulesucks Maltby-Filpula-Draper Downey-Kopecky-Drake IR: Danny Lidstrom-Sopel Rafalski-Kronwall Chelios-Lebda Lilja/Meech Hasek Osgood I like the lines. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
