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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 9, 2017 at 11:23 a.m.
Thread: MY Flames lines
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Zeerak</b></div><div>Like the thought behind the lines, really like the third line.. but I disagree with the ferland assessment, he is developing some great chemistry with those two and yeah he does get overzealous sometimes but the body of work is still too good to take him off that line. Would also like to see bennett on the backlund line instead of mangiapane, and yeah since brouwer won't come out mangiapane will have to stay in the minors.</div></div>

I agree with this assessment. Bennett back with Backs and Frolik would simplify his game while Tkachuk with Janko has some great potential. As Jagr is injured I would stick with Hathaway on this line or bring up Mangi and give him a shot here?

2 things on your roster I really don't like.

- First is Lazar at center on the 4th line. His face off # is really low, and based on his career stats in this department he is preforming at his best! Additionally he is not stepping up, 0 goals in 20 games. Back to under preforming! This experiment failed - time to move on...

- Second is the D pairings... You left them the same? They have all been playing like crap, well except Stone &amp; Kulak... This group needs a serious shake up to get them back on track! If they don't start playing the way we know they can someone is going to get traded! Lets mix them up and see if this can be avoided!
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 4, 2017 at 12:57 p.m.
Thread: Swap Tkachuk and Bennett for Each Other
So you want to put the teams second best set up guy (Tkachuk) with a couple shooters! Not that Backs and Frolik can't score its just they are not snipers. Janko and Jagr are both snipers so pairing them with a set up guy does make sense... As for Bennett with BackLik... (lol) it did work very well 2 years ago as Bennett like Backs and Frolik is a very similar type of game player... Run and Gun!!!

So only error you made was elevating Brouwer to the 3rd line? Why would you saddle Tkachuk and Janko with Brouwer???? All this being said... Tkachuk - Janko - Jagr got stuck together a few games ago... partial change... although they did not score the 3 where very dominating together... The size profile of the 3 is devastating... At the same time Bennett ends up playing with 2 faster skaters so he can really open up!

Next we need to mix up the D pairings... Even if just for a few games... Send a message... Their current effort is just not enough! They are better! Way better!