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Originally Posted by Bingo
Single biggest issue with Stajan gone in my mind. Who is the other center that gets buried to give the offensive opportunities to Monahan (skill) and the line that needs to be sheltered.
This isn't an issue if say Frolik playing with Bennett and Jankowski remove the need to be sheltered, but that's an if, and certainly an issue with lining Czarnik up there as you said.
One of Ryan or Jankowski have to be able to dig themselves out or Backlund's line will literally start 100% of their shifts in the soup.
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IMO, this isn't much of a question at all.
I don't think they signed Ryan to play 10 minutes a game at 3.1 per season.
Janko either blows the doors off offensively or he's playing 11 minutes a night with Lazar.
The top of the lineup additions are a pretty significant indicator of how Tre views bottom of the roster players like Bennett and Janko. I think both those players could really be in tough this year to get minutes barring significant injuries.