I like the way these lines get guys like Dube and Mangiapane playing with established top 6 NHL talent. Those guys have offensive abilities and need to play with offensively capable NHL forwards to develop those abilities if they are going to become top 6 forwards in their own right.
Then you have Gaudreau with two defensively strong forwards, one who brings a protection type element and the other who is pretty underrated.
I first saw those lines and thought WTF? But they have grown on me.
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