[Ben Pope] Blackhawks lines to start the season (in body text)


Mikheyev-Bedard-Teravainen
Hall-Kurashev-Bertuzzi
Foligno-Dickinson-Anderson
Maroon-Donato-Smith

Martinez-Jones
Vlasic-Brodie
Allan-Murphy

Mrazek
Soderblom

Extras: Athanasiou, Reichel
IR: Brossoit, Kaiser (who is on the ice today)

6 comments
  1. I think Teravinen speed with Bedard playmaking ability is a crazy good combo

    But I wish there was someone else with them

    Kurashev Bertuzzi or even Hall

    But it’s first game line changes and shit

  2. I really had my doubts about Donato last year, but I liked what I saw from him late and then in pre-season. He’s proving to be very scrappy and I’m pulling for him.

  3. First line: I love to see Teuvo there, and while I expected Bertuzzi, people were underrating Mikheyev all off season. Dude is electric and knows how to play with stars.

    Second line: I like the guys here but I like Kurashev better at wing. If he can play better as a center, and if we can get enough shots and zone time for Bertuzzi to be effective, this line could be solid.

    Third line: Should be an effective shutdown line, I love Anderson here, but I think I’d love Smith here even more with how good he looked preseason.

    Fourth line: These guys all looks great preseason, if they all keep it up could be a surprisingly decent line.

    Defense looks fine but I wish they didn’t break up Jones and Vlasic. Only thing I can think of is they wanted extra support for Brodie because he looked a little shaky in the preseason

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