The old ‘I can’t stay mad at you’ Homer’s rotten sub sandwich thing is happening to me again with this team and after the trades today it got me thinking about the roster moving forward. As a joke too (sorta, kinda) I’m half hoping to see at some point a Huby - Dube - Duehr line because reasons.
When I think seriously about it though I do believe a reshuffle of the top 6 could spark the new additions and I think the pace that Dube plays at with the straight lines he takes would match perfectly with Huberdeau who seems to force passes through the middle right now often to east/west movement. Give Kadri a look on wing who can take strong side draws and load up the first line, run with something like:
Kadri - Lindholm - Toffoli
Huberdeau - Dube - Pelletier
Mangipane - Backlund - Coleman
Ritchie - Ruzicka - Duehr
Lucic, Lewis
There is no reason to break up the MBC line and I think it would be smart to give Lucic and Lewis some time off down the stretch and run with a 4th line that is younger and energized to push for the playoffs, if we do make it the rest and recovery for Looch and Lewis would pay dividends if the Flames ended up pulling off a Sutter type run from an 8th seed position.
The D looks something like
Hanifin - Andersson
Weegar - Tanev
Zadorov - Stecher
Gilbert - Stone
Give Marky the bulk for the stretch run and see what happens here; Minny in two of the next 3 and the jets free falling mean that the Flames can make something here and man are they due for a 5 or 6 game win streak, if they can make that happen it could be a fun push to the finish… every time dammit!! They pull me back in lol!
How do you guys see it?