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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Hailey Salvian @hailey_salvian
#Flames lines and pairings at practice today:
Gaudreau - Lindholm - Tkachuk
Mangiapane - Monahan - Dube
Lucic - Backlund -Nordstrom/Leivo
Bennett - Ryan - Ritchie
Gio - Tanev
Hanifin - Andersson
Valimaki - Stone
Nesterov - Kylington
Danny Austin @DannyAustin_9
Man, Sutter's got them skating at practice today.
He's got them going HARD
Brendan Parker @BParkerTV
Matthew Tkachuk skating again today with Lindholm & Gaudreau. Talked about the idea of playing with Johnny.
“Never played other than a period once and a while, but never started a game together so it could be a cool opportunity.”
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I suggested these lines almost exactly in the "Is it time to split up Monahan and Gaudreau" thread about a month ago. This will prove a lot to Treliving on both Monahan and Johnny's value moving forward. If that first line can take off then you need to look at rebuilding the depth and 2nd line. I actually believe that 2nd line won't be too bad either but Monahan gets to prove himself away from Johnny. Both Mangiapane and Dube have skill to carry the puck and speed but both play with more grit than Johnny does.
Johnny gets the best 2 players we can possibly play with him. If Monahan has been an anchor for him well we our about to find out if that theory is correct.
Just hope we don't play way out of a top pick. But a lot of great teams stack 1 line. Boston and Colorado do it. If Monahan and Backlund's line play good 5 on 5 hockey and chip in that first line should be able to score.