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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Maybe for some players but others don't take well to playing 4th line minutes with pluggers as they need to play with talented players to supplement their skills. It certainly never helped Bennett who's shined playing with talented linemates but didn't play well with pluggers.
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The key to that though is not playing them with other pluggers and re-thinking the entire 4th line.
TBH there is a path to the Flames moving away from a "veteran 4th line" to a "Young Offensive 4th Line".
It would mean moving Lomberg to the Backlund line and seeing if that was a fit. But if that would work and Lomberg could handle the defensive responsibilities of that line, then it opens up the idea of a "Young and Sheltered Offensive 4th line".
Zary - Kadri - Kuzmenko
Huberdeau - Sharangovich - Mantha
Lomberg - Backlund - Coleman
Pelletier/Honzek - Pospisil - Coronato
Rooney/Kirkland