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Old 05-19-2019, 06:40 PM   #3
GranteedEV
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Mangiapane isn't a 4th liner. Waste to have him down there. Put him with Bennett centering on the 3rd line at the very least.

Ryan is a great 4th liner but needs some skilled, but burly wingers to compensate for his lack of size. Don't need huge bodies but at guys who can win board battles and break the puck out with control.

Jankowski is a solid bottom sixer, and should be moved to Ryan's wing as it is.

Hathaway is meh. If he's cheap you keep him, if he's not cheap (i.e. not 4th line salary) you buy him a ticket up the QE2 or whereever he wants to go. Brought some of the intangibles an otherwise undersized line might need, but that's more an indictment of having Mangiapane or Dube on the 4th line.

I think Lazar and Quine were both grossly underutilized last season. I would like to see a Quine - Ryan - Lazar line next season.
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