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Originally Posted by New Era
No it isn't. You have lines where there are two RWs, lines that have two LWs, and no balance. The third line is small and will be easy to play against. I still don't know what your 4th line is supposed to accomplish? But most glaring is your first line. Tkachuk is a LW. He's also 18 years old with zero NHL games under his belt. He isn't even a NHL player at this point, let alone a first line player. You complain that Brouwer is not a 1st line player, but follow up with a player in that position that hasn't played a professional shift. Makes no sense.
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Only thing that looks wonky to me is Shinkaruk on RW. The rest was fine. Frolik is a left shooting LW/RW.
Tkachuk is one of the top two most skilled wingers in the entire organization IMO. Wouldn't surprise me at all if he ends up playing with Gaudreau-Monahan, his game is a perfect fit for that line and he's a smart enough player to easily make the transition to RW. He's the most NHL ready prospect we've drafted in the 20 years I've been watching the Flames select kids. He's not a bad bet to end up on that line. In fact in a lot of ways he makes the most sense to end up on that line long term.
I suspect they'll try Brouwer with Gaudreau-Monahan at first but if it doesn't work out I'd suspect they'll try Tkachuk up there pretty quickly.