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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
Agreed, Gaudreau has looked his best without Monahan all year. Monahan is bringing down his line mates consistently. Rather see Bennett with Gaudreau and maybe even try something new and let Stajan up on that line. At least Stajan will be good defensively. Don't see that as a long time solution obviously but it might wake up Monahan being demoted to the fourth line.
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Agree with the first half of your statement but if Stajan gets paired with Johnny imma rip my eyes out. I'm a supporter of the notion that Bennett should either play with Johnny or be moved to the top wing on that line and Jankowski is brought up to play on that 3rd line as a center. I know I know the latter is very optimistic but Bennett obviously struggles to produce with the Flames 3rd line guys (Brower, Ferland, Versteeg). I'm a bit confused on why Bennett has such a short leash on the top line with Johnny, Johnny put up his best point totals with Bennett. Having Monahan and Chiasson on the same line forces Johnny to try and do everything. It's so blatantly obvious and I don't really see how much will change from last game to this one. Not to mention Monahan has looked his best playing with Versteeg. The team has looked a lot like the team of the first 2 weeks of the season and that is a terrible sign.