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Originally Posted by Yoho
I like the look of that top line but worry the second line would really drag the team down.
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I think Backlund and Mangiapane are both really quick and really good two way players. Mangiapane was third in even strength goals last year, and he was one of the best possession forwards on the team last year.
My reasoning behind Gaudreau - Lindholm - Tkachuk and Monahan - Backlund - Mangiapane is that each line has two players that can skate and two players that will go to the corners to dig out pucks. Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm only has one player that will dig out pucks and the centre can’t skate.