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Originally Posted by kehatch
Group three is where you go to die obviously.
The top 6 is pretty clear based on camp and last season (Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland, Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik). The more interesting battle is in the bottom 3 lines (Versteeg-Bennett-Foo, Mangiapane-Jankowski-Brouwer, Shinkaruk-Stajan-Lazar).
Looks like Foo, Jankowski, Mangiapane, and Shinkaruk are all being given a fair shot to make the team. But they kept Brouwer in pool A so the simple move is to put Brouwer in Foo's spot and a grinder to Shinkaruk's spot if they don't pan out.
Gives you
Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland
Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik
Versteeg-Bennett-Brouwer
????-Stajan-Lazar
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Jankowski is on this team unless he craps the bed hard. Stajan will be the extra forward and the question mark will be down to Foo, Hamilton, or Hathaway. Shinkaruk is a real long shot IMO. What is really nice about the situation the Flames find themselves is they have quite a few guys pressing for positions and making decisions difficult. First time in a long time that we have seen that.