Neal has not been so good this preseason. I hope he just needs to get accustomed to the team still. I think the Flames' best bet to come flying the first game of the season is slotting Neal with Gaudreau and Monahan. Lindholm already looks really solid, so he can play with Tkachuk and Backlund.
1. Gaudreau - Monahan - Neal --> To get Neal going
2. Tkachuk - Backlund - Lindholm --> Solid 2-way play
3A. Bennett - Jankowski - Czarnik --> Czarnik gets the other two going
3B. Dube - Ryan - Frolik --> Another solid 2-way line, Dube gets sheltered by two great vets.
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