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Originally Posted by ComixZone
My hope for next year would be to add two prime aged scoring wingers. All 4 lines need to be able to contribute.
Gaudreau - Monahan - Ferland
Tkachuk - Backlund - ?
Bennett - Jankowski - ?
Frolik - Shore - Lazar
Hathaway
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I more or less agree with this. Darryl Sutter stated that on a SC contending team, Backlund and Frolik would be an ideal third line to have, which I agree with. If we want to be true contenders, our line up would need to look something like this:
Gaudreau – Monahan – Ferland
Tkachuk – xxxx – xxxx
Bennett – Backlund/Jankowski – Frolik
One of our AHL kids – Shore – Brouwer
That essentially means we somehow need to find 2/3 of a 2nd line. It would also depend on how Bennett and Jankowski develop. If they somehow develop into legitimate top6 players, it solves a lot of our problems. If not, then those two holes are going to be extremely tough to fill given our bare cupboards and cap space.