Ward is a bad coach if he actually goes forward with these lines - just unexplainable.
Honestly there are so many better alternatives to what he is doing here.
Option 1: Roll 4 lines instead of having a horrible 4th line
Tkachuk - Lindholm - Leivo
Gaudreau - Monahan - Simon
Mangiapane - Backlund - Nordstrom
Lucic - Bennett - Dube
Option 2: Load the top 9 V1
Tkachuk - Lindholm - Mangiapane
Gaudreau-Monahan-Bennett
Lucic - Backlund - Dube
Nordstrom - Gawdin - Leivo
Option 3: Load the top 9 V2
Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Mangiapane
Lucic - Bennett - Dube
Nordstrom - Gawdin - Leivo
Honestly I guarantee he's just doing this because he like's what Froese has brought to the lineup and wants to keep him in.
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