Peters right at the end of this video from today suggesting that the players are “gonna see some consistency in the lines, which is gonna help the guys also”
https://www.nhl.com/flames/video/pet...092/c-64860803
I love it. Peters got the band back together on the top pairing, and I am inferring that he is doing likewise with the 3M line
It makes a lot of sense to me
Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm - arguably top line in the league, obviously a huge advantage the team has, so no need to change that
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik - for a couple of years was on many nights the best line
Bennett - Janko - Neal - The two kids played really well for the short stint that the veteran Jagr was with them . If Neal can get sorted, almost a 2B line
I don’t mind interchanging Bennett and Frolik, and think that if Jankowski can continue to progress, then the only thing blurring the 2nd and 3rd line rankings is the fact that Tkachuk has emerged as a top player.
Ryan and Hathaway are, to me, fourth liners, can be counted on for a bit of energy and not to be scored on, can give a young player reps, and the bench is easily shortened when Peters needs to.