After 5 games some of my observations of our forward group (which haven't changed 1 bit since before the season)
-Ferland and Lazar (and Jagr for that matter) are not 1st liners
-Bennett would be better suited for the wing
-Janko could help this team and should have a prominent role here
All of these issues can be fixed with a few tweaks as follows:
-Move Tkachuk up to the 1st line with Johnny and Monny. He played RW with 2 very similar players in junior in Marner and Dvorak and if this works it would give the flames a lethal top line
-Move Bennett to the wing with Backlund and Frolik. I believe Bennett's offensive game could really take off on the wing and this line could be very similar to the 3M line currently
-Call up Janko and put him in as the 3rd line C. Janko with Jagr and either Versteeg or Ferland could be a very effective line that could create off the cycle game very well.
Lines would look like:
Gaudreau - Monahan - Tkachuk
Bennett - Backlund - Frolik
Versteeg/Ferland - Janko - Jagr
Versteeg/Ferland - Stajan - whoever
You're welcome Gulutzan.
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