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The Official 2026 Off-Season Thread: Revenge of the Nerds

Quick review of how Hiller played his lineup last 2 years - this unfortunately doesn't include crucial quality of competition data but it gives us some idea using ice time (TOI%) and dzone starts minus ozone starts (the higher the number the tougher the usage).

LA last 2yrs:

C Byfield 160gms, 29.1toi%, +1.5dzs%
W Fiala 137gms, 29.8toi%, -0.9dzs%
W Laferriere 159gms, 28.6toi%, +0.7dzs%

C Kopitar 148gms, 28.8toi%, -3.5dzs%
W Kempe 162gms, 28.6toi%, -4.8dzs%
W Moore 140gms, 27.4toi%, +2.1dzs%

C Danault 110gms, 27.9toi%, +0.6dzs%
W Foegele 129gms, 26.8toi%, -1.1dzs%
W Kuzmenko 74gms, 24.5toi%, -3.0dzs%

C Turcotte 130gms, 21.6toi%, -1.1dzs%
W Jeannott 67gms, 22.0toi%, -5.0dzs% / Armia 67gms, 23.9toi%, +1.0dzs%
W Lewis 60gms, 19.2toi%, -3.6dzs% / Perry 50gms, 22.7toi%, -7.0dzs%

C Helenius 103gms, 16.6toi%, -1.5dzs%
W Malott 70gms, 18.2toi%, +0.4dzs%



D Doughty 102gms, 37.8toi%, +1.4dzs%
D Anderson 157gms, 36.9toi%, +4.6dzs%

D Gavrikov 82gms, 38.2toi%, +5.0dzs% / Dumoulin 82gms, 32.3toi%, +5.6dzs%
D Edmundson 155gms, 33.5toi%, -3.8dzs%

D Clarke 160gms, 31.0toi%, -6.9dzs%
D Spence 79gms, 29.6toi%, +1.2dzs% / Ceci 82gms, 30.9toi%, +6.2dzs%

D Moverare 64gms, 22.0toi%, +0.3dzs%
 
If Rielly is a "big part of this thing" and the Knies stuff is dead, and we assume Willy and Tavares are not waiving/moving, then it will be interesting to see where this difference maker comes from and how we fit him in.

I also wonder if Chaykes is more intent on adding someone to bolster the forwards or if he thinks the D still needs another upgrade more.
 
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