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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Thing is that provides you with better balance in other areas then.
If they are playing about the same with Simon or with Mangiapane doesn't that mean to keep Simon on that line and utilize Mangiapane somewhere else where he's more impactful.
Gaudreau/Monahan looked great, and produced while playing with Simon, why not stick with that to provide more depth elsewhere in the lineup instead of putting Dube/Mangiapane on that line.
I also think that while Lindholm/Tkachuk have looked good together at times, that all three of Mangiapane/Backlund/Tkachuk have looked better on a line with their proven chemistry together.
I would like to see the following line up. Doesn't really give us a top line, but gives us a pretty balanced top 9.
Gaudreau - Monahan - Simon
Dube - Lindholm - Bennett (Haven't seen this line before but feel like they'd be a real pain in the ass to play against)
Tkachuk - Backlund - Mangiapane
Lucic - Ryan - Leivo
Personally I'd like to see them try an approach where they start the game with more balanced lines like this, and then if you need to shorten the bench in the third and load up the top two lines. You can either flip Backlund and Lindholm to load up that line, or move Lindholm back to 13/23 RW to load up that line.
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Get Ward on the ringer. I like these lines!