If I got to choose the lines at the beginning of the season it would be this:
Huberdeau - Kadri - Coronato
Coleman - Backlund - Sharangovich
Zary - Frost - Farabee
Lomberg - Popsisil - Klapka
Kirkland
Bahl - Andersson
Weegar - *Parekh
Hanley - Pachal
Wolf
Prosvetov
*With Parekh getting sheltered minutes and Hanley/Pachal get some shifts with Weegs too. Parekh given the PP2 to QB
It's been messaged a number of times that we are cluttered at forward with little room to add anybody. I do expect some trades either this season at the TDL or next offseason. I don't expect Farabee to last long if he doesn't get out of his funk. I've never seen such a snakebitten player. I expect better results from him.
I've also thought of the Flames going with a 4-line approach to start the game, then changing to the aforementioned lines when down a goal. The 4-line approach would be moving Backlund and Coleman down to the 4th line with Lomberg and moving Zary to center to give us a more balanced lineup. This lineup also makes sense if you don't prefer Pospisil as the 4C:
X - Kadri - X
X - Zary - X
X - Frost - X
X - Backlund - X
X's: Huberdeau, Sharangovich, Coronato, Coleman, Lomberg, Farabee, Pospisil, Klapka
My 4-line approach would ideally have 4 duos, and the other 4 wingers (the inferior ones) be slotted on a line.
Huberdeau - Kadri - Pospisil/Klapka
Sharangovich - Zary - Coronato
Farabee - Frost - Klapka/Pospisil
Lomberg - Backlund - Coleman
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