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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
The Backlund line is a matchup line. A scoring RW would need to be as defensively solid and mobile as Coleman/Backlund/Mangiapane to displace Coleman IMO. It's unlikely to find such a complete forward like that. Pavelski, maybe.
More likely a scoring RW needs to be someone who can play on a line with Dube and Monahan and actually make them a 2B line.
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Agreed.
And that's why I think a RW playmaker might be more useful than a scorer. Dube and Monahan are both shooters, and Dube is good as the F1, forechecking. Adding a playmaker to than line fills them out