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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
And then you have 17 goal rookie centre Jankowski nowhere? He needs the same type of opportunities. That's why I don't think it makes much sense to play Lindholm at centre when everybody is healthy. We're just too deep at that position and then somebody gets bumped into a suboptimal position. Whereas RW is still relatively weak unless Lindholm is slotting there. Only when Lindholm is on RW does our depth at that position look respectable.
Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Jankowski-Neal
Bennett-Backlund-Frolik
????-Ryan-Czarnik
You can flip Lindholm/Neal. You can flip Jankowski/Backlund. You can flip Ryan and Jankowski.
It's really hard to imagine Lindholm at centre when everybody is healthy. I still think he makes the most sense as the responsible right shot presence on the top line. Lets us split up our two best shooters in Neal and Monahan and stack a couple good scoring lines.
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I get what you're saying, but that assumes Bennett cannot play RW. Yes, it would be his off wing, but I feel like it would suit his playing style just fine. Then again, the coaching staff may disagree with me strongly.
I like TjRhythmic's idea of putting Bennett on Lindholm's wing for dual strong-sided faceoff options - on paper, that seems like a nice combo to me.
It's tough to "slot" all the centers ideally, but this is a great problem to have.