For the team to sustain I believe we need to keep seeing Monahan and Gaudreau take the offensive reigns from the forward group. Both have been scoring at impressive rates since their respective slow starts. They are playing together recently and have the skill to really take off IMO. Add Colborne to that line at RW and I like the looks of it a lot. Glennie-Backlund-Raymond would be a nice second line that could take the tougher matchups and provide a ton of speed. All of a sudden Hudler is playing on a third scoring line and heavy pp and this team has more scoring depth than many thought possible.
At this point I think the Brodano pairing will remain elite and with good goaltending playoffs are a realistic possibility
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