Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy
You can lean towards Kadri all you want but Calgary isn't going to throw away theor center depth
CGY has tons of depth at Centre, what they need is a fast effective winger for the top line to get Huberdeau & Lindholm going and back on track. Mangiapane is not deserving of a spot on the 1st line right now, he needs to earn it with some solid defensive play and offensive production.
Mang, Dube & Coleman are fast and decent puck handlers, but not great passers. Ritchie is Fast but not a good puck handler, passer or finisher. Matthew Phillips & Adam Ruzicka are Fast, Good Passers & Finishers, but won't get the time of day from Sutter.
With 3 D-Men out & injured and Mackey having a bad game, I see him being demoted and CGY calling up Meloche and perhaps DeSimone. Our defense, specifically Hanifin & Andersson, is the biggest issue imo, they haven't been good together since the end of last years regular season. Time to break them up and promote Weegar & Zadorov who have both played better than Hanifin
You wanted Lucic in last night over my recommendation of speed over size. That didn't go too well, he & Rooney both ended up getting benched.
I keep calling for CGY to acquire Fabian Zetterlund & Nathan Bastian, I hope you saw why last night
We're likely not going to agree, but certain guys deserve more opportunity because they're working harder, they're hot or we haven't seen them get an opportunity, whereas others need to be demoted and work themselves back up, since they're not playing up to expectations. If it's not working, you make changes until something does or the fit becomes clear