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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I’m not sure it’s a huge hole.
Bouma, Colbourne, Bennett, Tkachuk have all looked good in that spot. Tkachuk clearly makes it more dynamic but I feel like the gain you potentially get on the Janko line heavily outweighs the loss of effectiveness of the Backlund line.
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They haven't looked close to as good as that line with Tkachuk. I'm not against trying a different combo, but the problem isn't the coach not playing the right player combos, it's that this team is lacking another Top 9 forward to make that third line dynamic. No matter he does with the existing options it's essentially robbing Peter to pay Paul. Until we get another body that can actually round out the roster, no matter how you mix the parts we will still be looking for something to actually provide a consistent top 3 lines with the proper shut down and scoring potential.