Major shakeups to the lines today for morning skate per Amanda Stein
December 5, 2025
Noesen moved up to the top line
Bratt moved down to Mercer’s line
Grits is now back on the third line with Glass and Brown
Crookshank replaces Lammikko
White replaces Cholowski
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I don’t think Noesen has earned first line minutes.
But I’m happy Lammikko is out and Crookshank is in. And happier White is in and Cholowski is out.
i believe in grits – glass – brown
palat belongs on the 4th line, it’s so ridiculous
I’m all for White getting another look.
Man…. I know getting a top 6 forward is hard. But you can’t keep either Palat or Noesen there every game. Poor drafting and bad contracts really starting to show.
If Dougie and Luke don’t get going I’m not sure there’s an optimal forward line formation that would make a big difference. Thrilled Lammikko and Cholowski are out..they stink. No idea what a Crookshank is
That’s a hard-hitting, heavy first line. I think Keefe wants in-your-fckn-face, net front presence for some greasy goals.
Hopefully the Grits-Glass-Brown can produce. I really like that line.
Why not move Palat right up to the first line? He’s on fire with his 6 goal pace this season.
CROOKSHANK SIGHTING
Altogether, not too different from what I posted in the pregame thread. I’m intrigued.
So, uh…
* Noesen has been a complete ghost on the fourth line and somehow gets moved to the first? I get it worked for a little bit last year but that’s when Noesen was putting up career numbers
* Don’t love splitting up Mercer and Timo as they have some good mojo together
* That third line could be sneaky good even if I don’t like Grits coming out of the top line
* No Lammikko is a plus, hopefully Crookshank shows us something
* No Cholowski is good, please get him off this team
* Top 6 Palat experiment needs to end please
* Need Markstrom to activate himself like he’s never been activated before
I get the idea of putting Noesen on the first line to play in front when guys take shots that leave rebounds. One thing I noticed during games is rebounds were there to put back and no one was around the net and that is where you would often find him on the bottom 6 lines.
We will see if it works, but I dont think it is nearly the bad idea some might think.
Not disagreeing with the changes but it is funny that with all the talk about giving Luke a steady veteran presence next to him, Nemo gets tossed around between partners like it’s nothing
this looks like a 2015 devils lineup
Thank God, glad Keefe could listen to me and put Bratter on the second line
Here we go alllllllll the way down to the bottom.
Palat just can’t crack that bottom 6 despite all his efforts
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I don’t think Noesen has earned first line minutes.
But I’m happy Lammikko is out and Crookshank is in. And happier White is in and Cholowski is out.
i believe in grits – glass – brown
palat belongs on the 4th line, it’s so ridiculous
I’m all for White getting another look.
Man…. I know getting a top 6 forward is hard. But you can’t keep either Palat or Noesen there every game. Poor drafting and bad contracts really starting to show.
If Dougie and Luke don’t get going I’m not sure there’s an optimal forward line formation that would make a big difference. Thrilled Lammikko and Cholowski are out..they stink. No idea what a Crookshank is
That’s a hard-hitting, heavy first line. I think Keefe wants in-your-fckn-face, net front presence for some greasy goals.
Hopefully the Grits-Glass-Brown can produce. I really like that line.
Why not move Palat right up to the first line? He’s on fire with his 6 goal pace this season.
CROOKSHANK SIGHTING
Altogether, not too different from what I posted in the pregame thread. I’m intrigued.
So, uh…
* Noesen has been a complete ghost on the fourth line and somehow gets moved to the first? I get it worked for a little bit last year but that’s when Noesen was putting up career numbers
* Don’t love splitting up Mercer and Timo as they have some good mojo together
* That third line could be sneaky good even if I don’t like Grits coming out of the top line
* No Lammikko is a plus, hopefully Crookshank shows us something
* No Cholowski is good, please get him off this team
* Top 6 Palat experiment needs to end please
* Need Markstrom to activate himself like he’s never been activated before
I get the idea of putting Noesen on the first line to play in front when guys take shots that leave rebounds. One thing I noticed during games is rebounds were there to put back and no one was around the net and that is where you would often find him on the bottom 6 lines.
We will see if it works, but I dont think it is nearly the bad idea some might think.
Not disagreeing with the changes but it is funny that with all the talk about giving Luke a steady veteran presence next to him, Nemo gets tossed around between partners like it’s nothing
this looks like a 2015 devils lineup
Thank God, glad Keefe could listen to me and put Bratter on the second line
Here we go alllllllll the way down to the bottom.
Palat just can’t crack that bottom 6 despite all his efforts