Sean Tierney has an article out at The Athletic today examining the best possible line combinations for the Flames, from an analytical perspective.
Let's just say it's a hot take.
https://theathletic.com/1452120/2019...shared-article
His proposal:
Gaudreau - Ryan - Bennett
Mangiapane - Backlund - Tkachuk
Rieder - Lindholm - Frolik
Lucic - Monahan - Quine