Gulutzan noted in his interview the other day the Flames had strong special teams once everyone figured out their roles last year. Will he look to tweak as the roster seems to have improved, or will he not want to rock the boat?
These were our PP units last year, essentially:
Brodie
Gaudreau-Monahan-Versteeg
Brouwer
Giordano-Hamilton
Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik
With Bennett, Ferland, and Chiasson very occasionally getting cycled in here and there (Bennett a bit more than the other two).
Will Brouwer stay on PP1?
If we sign Jagr, where does he fit in? PP1? PP2? No PP? In whose place?
Will Bennett replace Frolik on PP2?
Should Brodie stay on PP1? If not, and Hamilton is promoted to PP1, should Brodie play on PP2 or should Stone?
These were our PK units last year, essentially:
Giordano-Engelland
Backlund-Frolik
Bouma-Stajan
Brodie-Stone
Bennett-Chiasson
(Bartkowski-Hamilton)
(Monahan-Brouwer)
Three players are no longer with the team. However we should have a wealth of skaters who have shown they can kill penalties well - Travis Hamonic, Mark Jankowski, Curtis Lazar, Garnet Hathaway, Freddie Hamilton.
Hamonic and Brodie might be a 5-on-5 pairing, so maybe they become a PK pairing too?
Will Bennett be promoted to the second PK pairing, considering he outperformed Stajan last year in basically every PK metric?
Will Stone be promoted to the first PK pairing? Or Dougie Hamilton, Giordano's ES partner?
Who will replace Alex Chiasson as Bennett's PK partner?
Will Stajan continue to kill penalties as his effectiveness starts to decline?
Who will replace Lance Bouma as Stajan's PK partner?