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Old 09-18-2019, 11:05 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Savvy27 View Post
I wonder if Czarnik is going to get a look on Monahan's line? He looked good vs Van, but he played well and produced in the preseason last year too.

If Czarnik could fit in on that line, then it would leave the Flames with some really good players to fill out the rest of the forward ranks. Particularly the second and third lines where you could start with:

Tkachuk* - Lindholm - ??????
??????? - Backlund - Frolik
*hopefully

And then fill in the remained with some combination of: Bennett, Mangiapane, Dube and Ryan. Definitely potential for a strong top 9.

I'm also curious to see if the return of Mangiapane will lead to a Mangiapane - Ryan based line. There were effective with Hathaway and one would think that a better third member like Bennett could work as a scoring line.
You really need a two way player to fill Lindholm's spot IMO. Lindholm was also an effective forechecker. Neither for those areas are Czarnik's forte IMO.

IMO if you replace Lindholm it's more likely to be Mangiapane, or maybe even Bennett or Dube, than Czarnik.
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