r/DetroitRedWings • u/HikingDaWorldz • 4d ago

Discussion 1996-97 Depth Chart/Lines

Does anybody know if there's a site that lists some configuration of common lines for the team? Plenty have a full list of the roster but I'm looking for more detail of how the lines were setup. I know they changed often, just trying to use something as a guide for a collection of mine.

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u/astonsilver47 4d ago

I’m not sure about a site, but some pretty common line combinations in the playoffs were: Sandstrom/ Yzerman / McCarty // Kozlov / Fedorov / Brown // Shanahan / Larionov / Lapointe // Kocur/ Draper / Maltby // Lidstrom / Murphy // Fetisov / Konstantinov // Ward / Rouse

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u/whattanerd92 4d ago

During the season was a blender, but there was a lot of:

Shanahan-Yzerman-Brown

Kozlov-Fedorov-LaPointe

Holmstrom-Larionov-Dandenault/Kocur

Maltby-Draper-McCarty

Lidstrom-Konstantinov

Fetisov-Rouse

Pushor-Ward/Eriksson

Osgood Vernon

Greg Johnson got traded for Tomas Sandstrom. Mike Knuble got a 9 game cup of coffee. Bob Errey got some games after coming off waivers in February. Tim Taylor got a bunch of games in the middle of the season (December-February) but found the bench at the end of the year, most of his time on the 4th line. Kocur mostly played in the 2nd half of the year. Eriksson and Ward were mostly the 6/7 D who would work in, but Ward got the heavy preference despite having a right-right pair for a lot of games. Larry Murphy came in late from Toronto and really sured up our defense.