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Originally Posted by bubbsy
top 6 looking ok for pens?
kunitz - crosby - hornqvist
bennet - malkin - downie
curious what they intend to do with their checking line centers, as they now have spalling, goc and sutter (if they sign him which i'd assume they do).
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Spaling only took the 6th most FO's on Nashville last year so he seems like a guy to play the LW on that 3rd line with Pittsburgh and fill in at C when needed. Goc likely plays on the 4th line and either him or Adams moves to wing.
Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis/Gibbons
Hornqvist-Malkin-Bennett
Spaling-Sutter-Downie
Goc-Adams-Comeau
Or something like that.
Downie works in that he is cheap and has the ability to play with a Malkin if they want to move him up to top 6 or provide grit/defense to a 3rd line that was useless at times last year.
Still questions on the wings and what happens if Crosby and Malkin aren't scoring but that team at least looks like it can play it's bottom 2 lines and even get some secondary scoring out of them.