I listened to that interview a couple of days back and my take away was that there are 3 pairs to start:
Kuzmenko - Kadri
Huberdeau - Mantha
Backlund - Coleman
There are also 3 guys that Huska wants to try out in different roles, and are likely the ones that are going to be rotated with those pairs in the top 9.
Pospisil - Huska likes his snarl, speed and size at center
Zary - Huska likes it when he gets more puck touches at center and gets to control the play
Sharangovich - Huska likes his 200ft game, but wants him to play with more oomph when he's a center
Other things that I remembered were:
Huska is going to use the same system, but tweak the forecheck a bit so it's more aggressive in the neutral zone.
Huska also wants to protect the red line better. As a result he hopes that the Flames will play less in their own zone.
Coronato apparently is looking good. He put in the work in the summer. He also got a lot more comfortable at the NHL level playing away from the puck. Huska sees him as Mangiapane, he needs to be put with more offensive guys to unlock his potential.
That's all I remember.
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