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Originally Posted by Ashasx
why would you want Bennett and McGrattan on the 3rd line
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If Bennett made the team the season after this upcoming one, he will probably be playing 3rd line minutes for a bit behind Backlund and Monahan for the top 6 center spots. Don't get me wrong, I see Bennett in the top 6 within the next 3 years.
McGrattan has proven himself to be on the third line if he has to. Every time he is on the ice, he tries to make something happen, and that's all we can ask for with someone that I thought only had 4th line in him. But for a guy his size, he can take those 3rd line minutes.
Poirier will be on the Flames' roster within the next 3 years as well, and probably the third line LWer. He will of course be on one of the penalty killing lines as well.
I never said that the line would happen, but it would be a pretty gritty line if those three were all on the ice together. It was only a thought.