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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Mangiapane is our best finesse player in the AHL.
Personally I think he should probably get a look in the NHL on a line that doesn't include Matt Stajan, and Curtis Lazar. And I think it's time to see if Tkachuk can drive his own line - IMO he's good enough to do it.
Gaudreau - Monahan - Ferland
Mangiapane - Backlund - Frolik
Bennett - Jankowski - Tkachuk
Give that a shot - the Backlund winger spot has been a decent home for our young players over the last couple seasons. Might as well see if it works for Mangiapane too. If not Mangiapane then we should probably give Klimchuk a taste to see what he can do at the NHL level - I have a feeling he might be one of those guys who is better in the NHL than the AHL.
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I would be in favour of this, but the resulting second line actually worries me a bit. It might be better if we flipped Mangiapane and Bennett: we know that Bennett can produce on the wing of the Backlund-Frolik at only slightly worse pace than tkachuk. We also know that Jankowski and Mangiapane have some pretty good existing chemistry. Add Tkachuk to drive the offense of the line and see what we get!
Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland
Bennett-Backlund-Frolik
Mangiapane-Jankowski-Tkachuk
Lazar-Stajan-Hathaway
Unfortunately it's not going to happen because the coach wants to bare troy brouwer's child