Well we could consider too that Bennett has never had a true set up man and has been leaned on to carry lesser players; maybe getting him a set-up guy would go a long way for him to become the sniper we all expected. Keep Ferland up top with Johnny/Mony and the three M line in tact and have a 2A/2B line in the middle 6?
Gaudreau - Monahan - Ferland
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik
Bennett - Jankowski - Lindholm
That’s a solid group for the top 9 with Frolik needing to be upgrade; Ferland moved down and a true top line RW would be the need going forward but that’s a balanced threat for the first 3 lines which is a desperate need for this team.
If we could make Brodie + prospect for Lindholm work I’d be all over that; the only way I consider moving Hamilton in a Lindholm Trade is if the Flames are getting a 2nd round pick + one of their young Dmen (Hanifin, Slavin or Fleury) id consider Faulk too but it would depend on his extension going forward.
The flames are well positioned to improve with the cap going up and their organizational depth at D so we’ll see how this all plays out.
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