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Originally Posted by GioforPM

Tkachuk is almost never played on the RW. I’d imagine it’s because he doesn’t like it. And he had zero success with Johnny and Monahan (or with Gaudreau and Lindholm)

https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/...atthew-tkachuk

I'm not sure you can conclude much about Tkachuk-Monahan EV. 3% last year and 7% the year before; pt production not far off.

It works on the PP, and 6on5...


I've been thinking something very similar to FusionX; I'd swap Dube and Lindholm since I think he would help Bennett even more, and Gaudreau needs a more proven goal scorer:

Tkachuk - Monahan - Dubé
Gaudreau - Bennett - Lindholm
Mangiapane - Backlund - Leivo
Lucic - Ryan - Simon
Nordstrom/Gawdin/Robinson

Hanifin - Andersson
Valimaki-Tanev
Gio - Kylington/Nesterov
Mackey

The other change I'd make is Gio to 3rd pair with Kylington. Once or twice a period you give him an extra shift with Tanev to bump his minutes up and keep Valimaki's down. Gio-Tanev will be PK1 pair so it should become natural.