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Originally Posted by AC
Yeah, very true. Trying to figure out how to arrange our seemingly super deep lines is a nice problem to have.
Really feels like we're going to have 4 exciting lines consistently.
Whereas last year it felt like we had at best 2 decent lines at any point.
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I really want to see how Lindholm would do at C on his own line.
Gaudreau- Monahan - Neal
Tkachuk - Backlund - Czarnik
Ryan- Lindholm- Frolik
Bennett- Jankowski - Dube? (actually anyone but Hathaway)
This allow a lot of movement IMO. Ryan can take any draws needed and that whole line can move around. Neal could play with Bennett and Janko to see if he can wake them up and spark them to actually put up points. Dube is the wild card though, if Neal actually develops chemistry with the top line then it's just a matter of shuffling the bottom 2 lines around. I still want Lazar around but I wouldn't be sad if he left. Hathaway adds "sandpaper" but that's it.
D is pretty set IMO, unless there's a trade to make room. Gio-Brodie are set. Hanafin and Hamonic seem like a good fit and I still like Stone on the bottom pair with one of Andersson or Buzz. Prout is a good #7
I think Rittich is the backup but if Smith goes down, I don't trust him to step up.