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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Treliving on 960 hinting that he envisions Brouwer playing with Bennett, but acknowledges that he may end up on the top line.
Nothing set in stone. Says that they are focused more on pairs... not necessarily putting the best 3 players on one line.
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This makes sense when you consider that Gulutzan, in his intro presser, stated the need to get a good veteran to play with Bennett to shoulder the load.
If you are keeping Bennett at centre, that would mean either playing Brouwer there, breaking up Backlund and Frolik to move Frolik there, or playing Bouma or Stajan on the LW (and likely over their head).
It may mean playing a guy like Chiasson up top, more for what he brings physically as opposed to him being a true top line forward, or you break up Backlund and Frolik anyway
Gaudreau - Monahan - Chiasson/Frolik
Tkachuk - Bennett - Brouwer
Bouma - Backlund - Frolik/Chiasson
Ferland - Stajan - Hathaway
Bollig as the 13th