Valtteri Filppula promoted to first line winger

[Datsyuk2Zetterberg 1]

Who is going to shoot the puck?

datsyuk will obviously need to get 7 shots a game.

[Guest Crymson]

Who is going to shoot the puck?

Gosh, we have 200 armchair coaches on these forums. You guys ***** so much...

[13dangledangle 965]

Nice! I've been saying this for a month now!

However they would need to switch homer with Bert/Mule, need a canon of a one timer on that wing! Flip and Dats feeding Mule? Wow. And then put Zetterberg there on the PP.

Id even try Williams there until mule gets back...Unless Babs is forcing the shooting issue of those too!

Edited February 2, 2010 by 13dangledangle

[ltgator333 3]

No shooters on that line, hate it.

That's my first thought as well.

Maybe to get Flip or Pavs going, we'll have to see of course.

[Finnish Wing 110]

Against Penguins, it is absolutely vital to split Datsyuk and Zetterberg. If we don't, they'll just play Staal against Z-D line while Filppula needs to worry about Crosby/Malkin.

[GoWings1905 2,694]

I would rather have Bertuzzi with Datsyuk and Holmstrom when Franzen comes back.

Franzen - Z - Cleary was the Red Wings best line during the playoffs.

[GoWings1905 2,694]

Against Penguins, it is absolutely vital to split Datsyuk and Zetterberg. If we don't, they'll just play Staal against Z-D line while Filppula needs to worry about Crosby/Malkin.

Are you prepping for the rematch in June?

[Finnish Wing 110]

Are you prepping for the rematch in June?

Well teams like Penguins then.

[hoogs 8]

Dont like it much, but maybe Fil can create more room for Dats

[Hockeymom1960 5,107]

No shooters on that line, hate it.

I agree...I can just see Pav passes to Flip and then Flip passes to Pav and Homer looks at both of them and says...WTH..someone SHOOT THE DAMN PUCK AT ME!

[topsideplaya 0]

Babcock makes me mad with his stubborness with his lines. I wish he would just try Filppula and Zetterberg together. Here is what I'd like to see when Franzen comes back.

franzen-datsyuk-bertuzzi

filppula-zettererg-holmstrom

cleary-helm-williams

miller-draper-eaves

Every line has a net presence, a shooter and a passer.

[Guest zackmorris]

Sometimes I think we just dissect and analyze lines too much. Get to the damn net and suddenly any line will start looking good. Don't get too cute, because we look that way now, trying to do too much. Thinking way too much. Just get to the net, shoot and backcheck harder than usual to make up for the lost space.

It just takes work. That's all.

[Guest Lidstromboli]

Gosh, we have 200 armchair coaches on these forums. You guys ***** so much...

^^^