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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Yeah I would think if it was long term that maybe Ryan would have got 2nd line duty.
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I don't know that I agree.
The Flames seem to love Ryan in that 3 spot as they know what they have him in him. Jankowski I bet has been petitioning for icetime and this will be his opportunity to prove it with Quine or Dube coming in for that 4th line spot.
I think you'll probably see Lindholm and Ryan get some shifts there as well to manage jankowski's situational minutes, but it's probably his spot to play himself off of at this point if Backlund is out for any length of time.
Worst case scenario is it doesn't work and you move Ryan up, but Tkachuk and Frolik should be able to squeeze as much potential out of Janko as he's got, and maybe he gets the Hodgson treatment and is moved later in the season with higher value than he's got now.