So what's the ideal forward lineup in a couple of weeks when Bennett and Czarnik are healthy? Dube has really established himself and Rieder has played excellent hockey over the last little while.
Something like this?
Tkachuk - Lindholm - Mangiapane
Lucic - Ryan - Gaudreau
Dube - Monahan - Backlund
Rieder - Bennett - Czarnik
Extras: Frolik, Jankowski
AHL: Rinaldo
That's a pretty expensive press box, but I think all 14 of those NHL guys have upside and are valuable players to have around. It's certainly a deep lineup... heck, Frolik can easily tread water with Tkachuk and Backlund if need be, and he's currently pencilled in as the 13th forward. And Jankowski is slowly improving.
Rinaldo has acquitted himself as well as he could have in his brief stint, despite his poor metrics. I have to imagine he's among the first in line for another callup, should the opportunity arise. Good to see plenty of forward depth on the farm, with Quine, Phillips, Gawdin, Robinson, Philp, Lomberg, Kirkland, Froese and Tuulola all producing nicely.
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