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Originally Posted by New Era
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.
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Similar thoughts to you, but lindholm produces better as a centre and has out performed janko at every level (including the nhl). He should be our 2nd line centre.
Gaud-Money-Deal
Tkachuk-Lindholm-Bennett
Frolik-backlund-ryan
Lazar-jankowski-czarnik