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Originally Posted by handgroen
so peters puts the lines in a blender but believes in forward pairs.
so who are the berenstain pairs? my best guess
gaudreau - monahan - ????????
tkachuk - backlund - ????????
???????? - jankowski - frolik
???????? - ryan - ????????
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Backlund and Tkachuk are not a pair. Backlund and Frolik are the pair. They play similar games and are very complimentary to each other in their skill sets. If anything, Tkachuk is the square peg playing with those two. Tkachuk is in search of a center that is creative and can distribute the puck better. I’d be more inclined to go with the following:
Gaudreau-Monahan-Neal
Tkachuk-Jankowski-Lindholm
Bennett-Backlund-Frolik
Hathaway-Ryan-Brouwer
Czarnik
Until Treliving manages to move the immovable, you have to account for those guys in the lineup. Plus, the 4th line does need some size. I don’t think you can get by with three smurfs on a line in the NHL.