I think that they have some pairs who are working on the forward corps, and they just need to find that complementary piece for each. Below are the pairs I think should stick, and who I think would be a good third player in brackets.
Gaudreau - Lindholm - (Coleman)
Tkachuk - Monahan - (Pitlick)
Dube - (Backlund) - Mangiapane
Lucic - (Richardson) - Ritchie or Lewis
On the few times they have been paired together, I think that Tkachuk and Monahan were very good. I'm going to start advocating that, so that it never happens in real life. I also think that the two primary playmakers in Gaudreau and Tkachuk should be split up.
That third line could eat up lesser competition, or shut down higher. I actually like Dube at centre, but don't see a path to keeping him there with the other three ahead of him on the depth chart.
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