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Forum: Armchair-GM27 juill. 2019 à 17 h 0
Sujet: Post Milan
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CN10</b></div><div>I think Brodie as a 2/3D at $4.6M is way more valuable than Stone at $3.5M as a 5/6D even if he is more physical. Brodie + Giordano ends up with Giordano in Norris contention each of the two full seasons they've played together.

I agree that they need to find an upgrade for the top 6 to pair with Tkachuk. I think we are stuck with Backlund in the #2C spot however, unless Dube takes a massive leap forward and plays like a poor man's Brayden Point. If something like that happened then I expect Tkachuk + Dube + playoff Bennett to be a good second line. I explored the idea of moving Frolik + Kylington + pick(s) to acquire an offensive top 6 winger capable of 50 points or more (Zucker, Hoffman, Granlund if he still doesn't fit in in Nashville, perhaps even Toffoli) but expect it would happen closer to the deadline. 3M is a great line in the regular season over a large sample size, but like you said and as we seen in the playoffs it makes it easy to shut down the Flames offense in the playoffs as pretty much everything has to run through Gaudreau's line. I believe the upgrade to the top 6 happens with a deadline deal this year.</div></div>

My thoughts are to take our top 4 players... and split them between 2 lines... although this will weaken the top line it will also open up the top lines ice time as we will then have 2 lines for the other teams to stop... make that 3 with 2 man duos that should or will pair well! Try Chucky with Mony on top pair (large first lines make teams much harder to play - copying the ducks and sharks here) then we get Johnny (protected on the second line - like others his size in the past) with Lindholm and that leaves Backs and Frolik as your 3rd line pair (arguably 1 of the best duos on the 3rd line in the league!)... Now we need a support player on each line... left are Bennett - Lucic - Dube - Mags - Janko and Ryan... So my lines...

Chucky - Mony - Bennett
Lucic - Lindholm - Johnny
Dube - Backs - Frolik
Mags - Janko - Ryan
Forum: Armchair-GM22 juill. 2019 à 22 h 35
Sujet: Post Milan
I see where you are going here and agree its probably what will happen. Personally, I would rather see us move Brodie and keep Stone as he is much harder to play against (when healthy).

The big mistake I see and have been saying for a while is keeping the 3 m line together...

- Tkachuk is 100% a top 6 player (wouldn't mind seeing him on the top line while johnny gets sheltered on the 2nd).

- BUT when Backs is on the 2nd with PP time his numbers drop significantly! He is probably one of the leagues best 2-way 3rd line centres and an incredibly effective PK specialist but when moved up he loses a step and ends up as a mediocre 2nd line centre.

- Then Frolik... When paired with Backs on the 3rd line and given PK time he excels! But on the 2nd line, he becomes a below-average winger...

Move Backs and Frolik back where they belong and build a real second line starting with Tkachuk or maybe even Johnny!

The key here is to be playoff-ready! To get into the second round and beyond! We will not make it with the 3 m line as our 2nd line...
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