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Originally Posted by Diane Phagoof
And only 2 of them are good.
Jankowski has not looked good.
Ryan has not looked good.
The only person on the second line that's producing is Tkachuk, that needs to change.
I think Backlund is/does his best work on the thirdline as an elite shutdown guy who chips in 20/20.
Something like Stone, Czarnik, 1st for Duchene
Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Duchene-Neal
Bennett-Backlund-Frolik
Dube-Jankowski-Ryan
Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Hamonic
Valimaki-Andersson
Rittich
Smith
That's a scary team.
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"Only" two of them are good? Lindholms fine too. He's more a C than a winger but he's getting the top line RW because it's a natural fit.
Don't know what is hindering Janko so far but he's fine too and I fully expect him to iron out his kinks soon as well. Then, there's Dube, Czarnik, Bennett. OH and Ryan.
So I am mistaken. There's 8 capable centers on this team. C depth is fine. 8 out of 12 forwards can play center.
Again, goaltending the the striking weakness on this team. As much as some would prefer to roll with what we got I feel that's a terrible mistake. Long term as well.