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When Filppula signed, I immediately began picturing lines with Filppula or Nielsen as the second and third line centers. You choose which. I generally choose Flip over Frans.
To me, that made Glendening your 4C.
But then I thought, is Blashill really going to limit his boy LFG to 4C?
Glendening played a career high 15:47 last year. Blashill seemed to like alongside Athanasiou.
Presumably, that was to protect AA defensively at center. Though I think it was also to get Glendening some minutes and help him to a career high 23 points.
But with Flip and Frans and Larkin at center, there's no reason to have Athanasiou at center, obviously. And no reason to protect AA with Glendening.
So where does that leave Glendening?
Logically, I say, 4C and PK1.
But do you think Blashill goes for that?
I wonder if we'll see something like:
Bertuzzi-Larkin-Mantha
Athanasiou-Filppula-Glendening
Hirose-Nielsen-Svechnikov (Zadina)
Helm-Ehn-Abdelkader
To me, that made Glendening your 4C.
But then I thought, is Blashill really going to limit his boy LFG to 4C?
Glendening played a career high 15:47 last year. Blashill seemed to like alongside Athanasiou.
Presumably, that was to protect AA defensively at center. Though I think it was also to get Glendening some minutes and help him to a career high 23 points.
But with Flip and Frans and Larkin at center, there's no reason to have Athanasiou at center, obviously. And no reason to protect AA with Glendening.
So where does that leave Glendening?
Logically, I say, 4C and PK1.
But do you think Blashill goes for that?
I wonder if we'll see something like:
Bertuzzi-Larkin-Mantha
Athanasiou-Filppula-Glendening
Hirose-Nielsen-Svechnikov (Zadina)
Helm-Ehn-Abdelkader