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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Well they played together so Gaudreau's struggles and Monahan's struggles on the road are closely related. Both struggle when having to face the best shutdown players on the other team, the most physical, hard-nosed defenders. Both Monahan and Gaudreau badly need a power forward on their line to win board battles, drive the net taking defenders with him, while having the skill to finish and set them up. If we've got a power forward able to make a play while a defender is draped on him it makes that line so much harder to shut down.
Obviously both of them would benefit with us having a great 2nd line but Gaudreau is likely to face the best checkers of the opposition for most of his career so he still needs to fight through that. How would it be easiest for Gaudreau to fit through tight checking? By having a bigger winger on his opposite wing who has skill and power.
I'm of the opinion that Gaudreau-Monahan-Tkachuk could be the best line in the league in a couple years. Dubois could fit that line as well.
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What are your thoughts on Tkachuk transitioning to RW? Hasn't he predominantly played the left side?