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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Take Monahan off PP1, put Bennett on PP1 -> Calgary is better off.
Gaudreau - Lindholm - Tkachuk
Mangiapane - Bennett - Coleman
That's a better top-6 than anything we can put out on the ice today. Bennett wouldn't produce at a PPG pace like he has during his time in Florida, but the Flames as a team would be better off. Sam Bennett is notably better than Sean Monahan and Mikael Backlund, so him being here pushing both Backlund and Monahan down the depth chart (if they were both still here), would be better for the Flames than what is going on today.
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Even better IMO if we wanted to replicate FLA's structure (sheltering JG+Sam with O-zone starts), and have a 1st line that can be very good both ways:
Mangiapane - Lindholm - Tkachuk
Gaudreau - Bennett - Coleman
Of course I think it would be hard to assume the same trajectory for Sam's confidence without rewinding several years in his deployment here.