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prizefighterinferno · 08-21-2017, 01:26 PM

Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland/Bennett
Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik
Bennett/Ferland-Jankowski-Versteeg
Stajan-Lazar-Brouwer

Giordano - Hamilton
Brodie - Hamonic
Valimaki - Stone

Smith
Lack

Jankowski has an awesome summer, comes into camp on fire and pushes Bennett to the wing. Bennett also has an awesome summer, his chemistry with Versteeg continues from late last season and with Janko cantering them all three put up ~40 point seasons, giving the Flames arguably the best third line in the league. Valimaki surprises while also taking advantage of weak LD depth and gets 9 games to start the year (rotating out with Kulak) after which he is sent down to junior (captain of Finland's WJ team, big minutes etc.) because Kulak solidifies himself as a capable third pairing guy and Flames would prefer to delay the start of Valimaki's contract in light of the several D contracts coming due in three years time.

08-21-2017, 01:26 PM	#446
prizefighterinferno Scoring Winger Join Date: Feb 2009 Exp:	Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland/Bennett Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik Bennett/Ferland-Jankowski-Versteeg Stajan-Lazar-Brouwer Giordano - Hamilton Brodie - Hamonic Valimaki - Stone Smith Lack Jankowski has an awesome summer, comes into camp on fire and pushes Bennett to the wing. Bennett also has an awesome summer, his chemistry with Versteeg continues from late last season and with Janko cantering them all three put up ~40 point seasons, giving the Flames arguably the best third line in the league. Valimaki surprises while also taking advantage of weak LD depth and gets 9 games to start the year (rotating out with Kulak) after which he is sent down to junior (captain of Finland's WJ team, big minutes etc.) because Kulak solidifies himself as a capable third pairing guy and Flames would prefer to delay the start of Valimaki's contract in light of the several D contracts coming due in three years time. Last edited by prizefighterinferno; 08-21-2017 at 01:36 PM.