I could see Monahan getting the third line minutes. Kind of puts him into direct competition with Knight in my mind though. Best case scenario is that they both have strong enough camps to supplant Stajan. Which is what I think the Flames want to happen as well. Nothing against Stajan at all. But the Youth movement is on.
Top three Centers could look like this (best case scenario):
1. Backlund
2. Monahan
3. Knight
Knight and Monahan being interchangeable.
Whole lot of unknown quantities here but I really do believe that the Flames are betting on Monahan and Knight to show they can own the 2-3 center spots for the whole year. Whether thats a long shot or not is anyones guess right now.
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