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This week's NHL Power Rankings featured a gimmick in which we listed
St. Louis Cardinals Youth jersey one player from each team who we're supremely bummed won't be competing in the 2018 Olympics. In writing it, it occurred to me that one of my biggest regrets isn't a player
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To say that line dominated the World Cup of Hockey in 2016 would be an understatement. I'm pretty sure the trio could have beaten Team USA alone had coach Mike Babcock quadruple-shifted them. Now, granted, that might say more about Team USA than anything else, but I digress ...
Watching three players form an unstoppable unit is one of those "unique-to-hockey" things we probably take for granted. How exhilarating is it to see ill-fitting puzzle pieces lock in with random teammates and turn into a juggernaut? For instance, at the time Phil Kessel was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins, who was looking at Carl Hagelin and Nick Bonino and thinking, "Oh yeah, in about year these guys are going to lift the Stanley Cup together as the HBK Line and get an endorsement from The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels himself"? (Probably not Shawn Michaels.)
Sidebar: The naming of productive lines is its own joy, and probably its own column one day. "The Triplets" might have been our most lasting recent line name, as those Tampa Bay Lightning players are still referred to as "members of the Triplets" like they were part of a wrestling faction. But the Los Angeles Kings' "That 70s Line" probably wins the creativity competition.
All of this got me thinking about my favorite current lines in the NHL. Through the miracle that is Corsica, here's a look at five of the best this season. Please note that not every line here is still together at the moment, but totally could be again in a moment's notice.
Nicknames! The 3M Line has been on a two-year run of excellence for the Flames, playing over 1,000 minutes together since October 2016. It has a shot-attempt differential of plus-322 during that span, a plus-11 goal differential and a relative Corsi of 8.92, meaning that the Flames are a much better team when it's on the ice. The world needs Grind Lines and Crash Lines and 3M Lines. Now, if Tkachuk could just keep his stick to himself near the bench. Dallas Stars: Alexander Radulov, Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin
This is one of those lines that you hope doesn't screw it up, or get broken up for the
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Jorge Posada Youth jersey lineup. Not just because these players are the Stars' three greatest offensive wizards, but because the lines they play against are going to get their chances too: This trio has scored 10 goals at even strength and has given up 11. But that's worth it for the highlight-reel fodder it creates together. It's just a shame it doesn't have a fantastic nickname like the line Benn and Seguin had with Patrick Sharp: The GQ Line. Swoon.
Blues coach Mike Yeo recently moved Tarasenko off this line as the Blues hit a little bump in the schedule, but they're too good to keep apart. In 224 even-strength minutes, they had a 59.07 percent Corsi advantage, scoring 13 more goals than they surrendered. I just loved the balance on this line: Tarasenko as the cannon, with Schenn and Schwartz playing a little two-man game, exhibiting the chemistry St. Louis GM Doug Armstrong anticipated they'd have when he traded for Schenn. Just a great combination of grind and skill. Hope to see them again.
(The fact that the price of a franchise increased from $500 million for the Vegas Golden Knights to $650 million for the Seattle [Hopefully Sasquatch] is pretty incredible. Although, as Forbes notes, the existence of the Knights probably helped boost that price tag. Eh, you snooze, you lose, as Seattle would have been approved in the first round of expansion had it had an arena and, hence, an owner.)
Condolences to the fans in Quebec City, who not only had to
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