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Originally Posted by DoubleK
You hit the nail on the head.
My thoughts....
Shiny new thing Ritchie looked good last time out. I'd give him a go for a couple more games and then Levio a long look as suggested.
Levio is coming off an couple seasons with injuries and not a lot of game action. That takes time to work through (or not), but the challenge presented by the short season doesn't afford that time.
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What is kind of surprising about Leivo to me is that he is 27 years old, has never played more than 49 games in a season, and has never scored more than 10 goals in a season. Yes, he might be 'breaking out', and if remains healthy, he might just do that. I notice some of the things that he does, and you can definitely see some offensive ability in his game. He just has until this point in his career never put it all together, or stayed healthy enough.
I think for as long as Calgary is trying to make the Lindholm-Monahan-Backlund centre situation a thing (which I have no issues with), I really do believe that Bennett is the best choice to stick with the Monahan line. 3 years younger than Leivo, and double the goals and points.