[Heavy Jack]

With Brouwer out of the picture now and Lindholm having a good chance starting with Johnny/Mony there is a big part of me that wants to see Bennett given an opportunity to center Tkachuk and Neal... how does a team cover a line like that with out getting completely wore down through out the game.

Something like

Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
This line is a possession monster with two 55%+ faceoff men on their strong side this line has the ability to gain possession quickly and finish.

Tkachuk - Bennett - Neal
Supreme agitation line that has a bit of everything, playmaker in Tkachuk, sniper in Neal and a 50%+ faceoff guy in Bennett who’s never had the luxury of centering a pair of wingers like Tkachuk/Neal. A line like this would help us win the mental/intimidation battle almost every night.

Jankowski - Backlund - Frolik/Czarnik
Give Jankowski the Tkachuk spot this year and when your looking for a little more offensive pop sub Czarnik in otherwise continue to run the line that Backlund centers as a shutdown line that shoulders plenty of dzone starts but can chip in a fair share of offense.

Mangiapane - Ryan - Frolik/Czarnik
Ryan is an elite faceoff man who could see his line feasting on weaker 4th line matchups; also gives us the ability to double shift wingers like Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Lindholm and or Neal if one of the 4th line wings aren’t feeling it or we want to pour on the offense and wear the other team down; Hathaway and or Lazar sub in when we need to play a heavier game.

Lazar, Hathaway

Edit: the cool thing too about Janko being on the Backs/Frolik line is that it remains the MMM line but for the times you sub Czarnik in for Frolik it also becomes the MMA line haha!