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Nashville Predators: Ranking the Central Division’s Top Lines for 2019-20

By Chad Minton

WINNIPEG, MB - MAY 7: Ryan Johansen #92, Filip Forsberg #9, P.K. Subban #76, Roman Josi #59 and Viktor Arvidsson #33 of the Nashville Predators celebrate a third period goal against the Winnipeg Jets in Game Six of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bell MTS Place on May 7, 2018 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo by Darcy Finley/NHLI via Getty Images)
WINNIPEG, MB - MAY 7: Ryan Johansen #92, Filip Forsberg #9, P.K. Subban #76, Roman Josi #59 and Viktor Arvidsson #33 of the Nashville Predators celebrate a third period goal against the Winnipeg Jets in Game Six of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bell MTS Place on May 7, 2018 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo by Darcy Finley/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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Dallas Stars
NASHVILLE, TN – APRIL 20: Tyler Seguin #91 of the Dallas Stars skates against Ryan Ellis #4 of the Nashville Predators in Game Five of the Western Conference First Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Bridgestone Arena on April 20, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Dallas Stars

Top Line: Alexander Radulov, Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn/Roope Hintz

Dallas gets the top notch thanks to Colorado and Winnipeg’s uncertainty with their contract negotiations with top players. With that said, Dallas looks very dangerous here as they have a couple options to go with. It’s unclear how the Stars will sort out their top two lines, mainly where do you put the young phenom Roope Hintz at?

Hintz broke out in the playoffs with five goals, with two of them coming against Nashville to tie the series at two games apiece. Dallas went on to clinch that series in six games. He can end up being on the top line opposite of Radulov, more moved to the second line. Either way, he seems like a secret weapon that’s only going to get better.

You have the more proven commodity of Jamie Benn who could end up back on the Stars’ top line. This guy is a bulldog who plays physical and has plenty of offensive firepower to his game. He’s got a proven track record of scoring big goals and playing with a chip on his shoulder. If I’m the Stars, I keep him on the top line. Either way, the Stars have two solid, but very different, options to go with every night.

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Finally, there’s Tyler Seguin. Another proven veteran who has made a living out of putting up 70 to 80 points per season. You can take it to the bank he’ll do that again this season on a team that’s my favorite to win the division. Seguin brings an edge to this top line and makes the Stars tough to beat both physically and mentally. They’re the top line until new contracts are worked out with other teams in the division.

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