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Originally Posted by Murph
Seems as though Drew can take a faceoff - an area in which Granlund has been struggling mightily. My money is on him playing centre, not right wing as some are suggesting. Also, not so sure Granlund gets sent down - I think they may move him to the wing instead and put Bollig or Byron in the pressbox.
Glencross - Monahan - Hudler
Gaudreau - Backlund - Jones
Granlund - Shore - Colborne
Bouma - Stajan - Byron/Bollig
If the scratch ends up being Byron - you just replaced a 5'7", 153 lbs guy with a 6'3" 205 lbs guy.
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These are the lines I would predict as well, until Jooris gets back at least. Then I think it's something like this:
Gaudreau-Backlund-Hudler
Glencross-Monahan-Colborne
Raymond (if he gets his game figured out)-Shore-Jooris
Bouma-Stajan-Jones
Byron/Bollig-rotating in for players that are underperforming.
I don't think you see Granlund at center much the rest of the year in the NHL. He just has too much work to do on face-offs to be effective. He'll likely finish the year in the AHL and work on being a dominant player, not just a good player.