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As to the bottom six if we assume the top six at the start of playoffs will be Saad Toews Panik then Hartman Schmaltz Kane ,Line #3 would be:
D-Cat Hino Sikura
And so line #4 will be;
SHARP AA Hayden ...
NOTES...you gotta get Sikura (assuming he signs with us) in the lineup. ..allows D-Cat to go back to LW ...This gives us 4 scoring lines which is hard to match ...I am certain D-Cat and Sikura on s kine can have good Chem ...Sikura can distribute and also scoreb9f distribution to him...styles will. mH9no providesvspeed up the gut ...I woukd be intrigued if they realized that this ought to be a trio . Sikura is a slot on for D-Cat to find his game and get enabled.
Meanwhile Sharp AA and Hayden ought to work .. and 8f you make it the 4th line ,it has to be a better 4th line than anything with Bourma Wingels or Kero on it ..
So in my opinion tge key to the entire bottom 6 puzzle is Sikura and getting Hino and the speed up the middle from the bottom six just as Schmaltz gives speed up the middle in the top six. balanced by what Toews and AA do as centers for lines.
Now...if Q cannot embarrass Sharp and AA as vets with demotion to 4th line..then designate Sharp AA Hayden as 3rd line and call D-Cat Hino and Sikura the 5th line
..point is we should get better offense than a thing with Bourma Kero and Wingels as "traditional "4th liners..in my opinion ...better to have 2 3rd lines tp provide more scoring Threat than a zero threat "traditiinal" 4th line of replaceable with hundred of similar 4th line no threats around the league. Few if any teams have 4 scoring lines ..Chicago should be 1 of those few teams with that structure..because we CAN ...so may othervteams's will.not have the option for the same because their talent depth does not allow it .So if wr have the option of 4 scori g line threats we should employ that..
This is all. Moot if Dylan Sikura pulls a K.Hayes us in belief that Q will not findcaxspitvfor him and force a year next season in Rockford.Remember that if Sikura signs hevwill want the Hayden contract ..that is burn a year for playing 1 game orca few games only in the ref season this season in the few games remaining after he signs. .
So ...Sikura will expect to play at least 2 regular season game before playoffs and to play in playoffs to cement his spit for next season ..And he will want to play with legit scoring threats not in for this season gone for next season dime a dozen 4th liners indistinguishable from thevusual 4th line do not matter guys around the league.
Thus I say by playoff time Q needsctobadd go alk in 9n an attack alk the time with 4 lines philosophy because the talent depth should make it possible.
