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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I’ve been harsh on Ward all season and still hate how passive he has them playing and his bench management at times...
But moving Lindholm to Center has worked brilliantly.
Him and Monahan have 8 and 7 points at 5v5 respectively which places them both in the top 30 among centres.
Having Lindholm, Monahan, Backlund, and Bennett as the 4 centres could be huge in the playoffs, they just need to find a mix that works on RW.
Tkachuk - Lindholm - ???
Gaudreau - Monahan - ???
Mangiapane - Backlund - ???
Lucic - Bennett - Dube
Up to the coaching staff and GM to find pieces that work to fill those three spots. Whether it’s among Ryan, Leivo, Simon, Gawdin, Phillips, Robinson, etc or by making a trade.
If they can make that work then this team would be able to roll 4 pretty dangerous forward lines at times.
Personally Leivo had worked with Tkachuk and Lindholm in small samples, and I think Ryan would work with Mangiapane and Backlund (id put Gawdin there in the meantime until he’s healthy) but they need to probably trade for somebody to put next to 13-23 though.
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I like Tkachuk-Lindholm-Mangiapane together if we keep the Lucic-Bennett-Dube line in tact.
We all know Backlund doesn’t fit on wing so makes one wonder what to do with the lines when everyone is healthy..