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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
To clarify, if I'm "slotting" anyone on the top line it's not because I think they're a #1RW, but because lines are constructed based on stylistic fits rather than past scoring history. I'd be open to trying just about anybody - Jankowski, Mangiapane, Czarnik, Lindholm, Foo on the Gaudreau line until there was a fit because to me that matters more than whether a guy scored 20 goals. Frolik is a 20 goal scorer and he has never shown a fit with those guys for instance, and I think Bennett has negative chemistry with Monahan. Tkachuk on the first line makes zero sense to me as that's just cannibalizing our depth - even if he were to be our best winger by the end of the year.
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100% agree
It's about balancing lines and improving depth and success rates when rolling those lines. I really hope to see one of Foo or Czarnik win that top line RW spot and piggy back their way to at least a 20g/40p season.
If not, oh well. It was worth the gamble and maybe they catch on another line or possibly even end up in Stockton.