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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
Stupid Brouwer. Keep seeing Backlund and Matthew put the puck to places Frolik would be, or throw it into open ice and Troy is always two steps behind, or simply loses a puck battle that Frolik would have come out with. Best was last game? where Backlund feeds him a almost breakaway pass and three guys instantly close the gap on Brouwer in two strides.
Just watching his game, I agree that Mangiapane seems like would be a great fit with Tkachuk and Backlund.
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True dat. I don’t hate Brouwer as much as some do (dude’s definitely vastly overpaid, that’s undeniable), but he certainly lacks Frolik’s craftiness and motor. It’s actually been an interesting experiment subtracting one of Backs/Frolik from that line because they’ve been what seems like two parts of the same organism for so long, with Tkachuk being icing on the cake.
A guy like Klimchuk (Mangiapane potentially too) would be a good addition to that line, assuming Tkachuk won’t be playing with those two until he retires, and assuming Klimchuk makes the jump at some point.