Top 6 RW honestly isn’t a huge issue for me, I think you have to let Benny, ferkland and foo basically battle and rotate or find something that works with the parts you have.
I highly doubt Peters will have an appetite to have Janko as the #2 centreman, although I know numbering lines is fools errand and can't really be looked at that way.
I think Peters will continue to roll with what we have.
If I could see anything happen it woudl be trading ferkland for hoffman (if he agrees to break-up with that broad first) and then see what you get when you finally give Bennett and Janko some top 6 minutes and assignments and let them play to their strengths.
All that said I really don't think the forward group is the biggest issue next season and a year from now, if the flames don't make the playoffs or don't have a good season its going to be the result of poor goaltending.
Relying on a 36 year old mike smith terrifies me as a fan, and while I am optimistic about Rittich and Gilles there are just too many games in a season to put that much of our record on their backs.
And if Peters can activate the D a bit more than GG then I honestly think a lot of the offensive issues go away for this team and we are fine.
Gaudreau - Mony - Bennett / Ferkland / Foo
Tkachuk - Backlund - Bennett / Foo
Frolik - Jankowski - Bennett / Ferkland / Foo / Lazar
BRouwer - Shore - Lazar / Mangiapani
Honestly doesn't look bad to me if you can just keep rotating those guys in there on RW (knowing that JG switches over to RW with Bennett )
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