Task One
Here I take a look at the Calgary Dragons lineup for the S36 Playoffs. My primary consideration here is trying to mitigate exhaustion; in the playoffs the Dragons were almost only running 2 lines and 2 pairings, with how few players got ice time. I feel that will start to really make their players stats take a big hit later in a game. I also decided to keep the second line and paring players from being used twice to maximize their stats later in the game. The goal would be to use the first line to wear down the opposing team’s top line, and let the second line be the main thrust of goal generation. I would run these at 40 40 10 10 for both sets. I brought into the 4th line and pairing some rookie players, considering the 10% ice time it gives the veterans more time to rest rather than double shifting so many players.

The following is the lineups I would run:

L1: Randy Randleman | Nicholas Pedersen | Joe Kurczewski
L2: Shane Gagner | Alex Mack | Esa Anrikkanen
L3: Randy Randleman | Pierre-Luc Laflamme | Yorgen Bartenberry
L4: Schnitinfritz Jagr | Mike Izzy | Taro Eichelele

D1: Michael Boychuk | Hunky Monkey
D2: Connor O'Reilly | Fernando Pergher
D3: Michael Boychuk | Jaime Hill
D4: Hunky Monkey | Chuck Goody Jr

G1: Hunter Wong
G2: Richard C. Hocolate

Task Five


Task Seven


Task Eight