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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I actually think that makes acquiring Hall that much more critical. Tkachuk with Monahan is too slow but if the Flames add Hall he brings speed and is similar to Johnny in that he likes to carry the puck and is a solid playmaker.
Do the Flames really try and give Bennett a huge opportunity and center a line that includes Johnny on his wing?
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Bennett definitely hasn't earned to be ahead of Backs or Mony in the regular season, but he has definitely earned the right to be the "3rd" line centre. I think the key for the way this roster is constructed is to build 3 scoring lines. I think that has to be the goal if they aren't blowing it up, and that Tree has been trying (and failing) to do that for years. If we bring in the depth to be able to structure it so Gaudreau and Bennett play on a line together - then that's huge. That means we have top end depth, and we can win with that.
Hell - think about how poor our depth is right now. We lost Tkachuk and we ended up with Rieder on our top line - and he did as good a job as can be expected (and I hope we re-sign him), but we won't win with that being the reality of our depth.