Rejoint: juill. 2016
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Agree with above comment. It's a small tweak to what you're showing, but there's just no way CGY is ready to roll a 2nd line (or even 3rd line) of Bennett between Tkachuk and Ferland.
I think best option to insulate Bennett is to give him Frolik on the right. Backlund is a possession beast on his own, so he can handle Ferland + Chiasson on his wings and still be very effective in his shutdown matchup role.
Will be interesting to see how Tkachuk shows up to camp after the summer. Would be great to have a 3rd draft pick going straight into the lineup (Monahan, Bennett, _______) right away, but I wouldn't be totally upset with giving him 9 games and another year of junior. Hudler is an interesting option (excellent 5v5 point production), Versteeg, Gagner, etc. All capable depth producers that have experience and decent underlying stats. Hudler/Bennett/Frolik would be very interesting to watch.