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Originally Posted by TheSquatch

At one point, I was asking myself "What does Toffoli bring that say, Brett Ritchie, doesn't?" And a game or two in I had no answer. What I see is Toffoli charging around doing all kinds of things, really putting a lot of effort in, but I wasn't sure his finish was gonna be there, and it's looking like it is (so that's the answer, he does have more finish, he's a better shooter).

So that line SHOULD work. Huberdeau is a playmaker, Lindholm's a decent shooter, and Toffoli is too. None of them are super fast, it's not a lightning line, it's a possession line. And that's fine if they are defensively responsible. Suddenly here the top line doesn't need to do ALL the work, and that's just great. We've needed this forever... it's so great having Kadri at 2c and Backlund at 3c, changes everything about the team structure.

Would I like to see a Pat Kane with Huberdeau? Yeah. But that's not too likely, really.

Give it more time.

It's true that Tiffoli is not an Eas-West type of player. He's a true North-South and park in front of the net type player. Not too much IQ in that. Huberdeau is trying to make plays - probably trying way too hard where he's trying to pass the pucks back to make more dangerous plays. However, both Tiffoli and Lindholm are skating way past Huberdeau up the ice and he's unable to make those plays like he did when he was a Panthers. I think when the linemates get into sync, it'll be magical. It may work with getting Mangi up in the first line as a left wing since both Tiffoli and Lindholm are both right hand shots.