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Matty81 · 06-03-2017, 10:53 AM

I don't see a season at LW as somehow stunting Janko as a centre and I think the upside of learning the nhl from backlund and frolik is greater than having him on the 4th line with Bouma and Brouwer or some other combos of plugs where his offensive development actually could be stunted when he starts associating making a pass with a play dying and never receives the puck when he plays intelligently and moves into space. For me I'd like to see:

Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland/Lazar
Janko-Backlund-Frolik
Tkachuk-Bennett-Ferland/Lazar

The more I think about it the more I actually wouldn't mind Lazar on the first line for a trial. I think he has a very good shot and decent skating from what I've seen and defends his teammates a bit. There's no way he would be worse than Chiasson and a ferland bennett and tkachuk line would be amazing.

Roll those 3 lines with equal ice time and the flames would be formidable. The Kelowna Rockets took that approach a few years back when they had 9 good forwards and teams couldn't keep up from a conditioning and matchups perspective.

06-03-2017, 10:53 AM	#272
Matty81 Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2008 Exp:	I don't see a season at LW as somehow stunting Janko as a centre and I think the upside of learning the nhl from backlund and frolik is greater than having him on the 4th line with Bouma and Brouwer or some other combos of plugs where his offensive development actually could be stunted when he starts associating making a pass with a play dying and never receives the puck when he plays intelligently and moves into space. For me I'd like to see: Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland/Lazar Janko-Backlund-Frolik Tkachuk-Bennett-Ferland/Lazar The more I think about it the more I actually wouldn't mind Lazar on the first line for a trial. I think he has a very good shot and decent skating from what I've seen and defends his teammates a bit. There's no way he would be worse than Chiasson and a ferland bennett and tkachuk line would be amazing. Roll those 3 lines with equal ice time and the flames would be formidable. The Kelowna Rockets took that approach a few years back when they had 9 good forwards and teams couldn't keep up from a conditioning and matchups perspective. Last edited by Matty81; 06-03-2017 at 10:57 AM.