Gaunce4gm
Trusted Hockey Man
So I was thinking about the upcoming season, and it got me thinking about our "wealth" of wingers. Looking around the league at the best teams, they seem to be able to plug and play with their wingers by providing great Centres. Goldobin especially I think will be affected by this because he NEEDS to be given a chance to succeed this season or he will never turn into a Top 6 forward. The problem is we don't enough spots for him to play in to succeed in that role. This only gets more complicated with the addition of Pettersson possibly starting on a wing. I think this gets "solved" by running a balanced top 9 and then a 4th "checking" line.
I think running
Baertschi-Horvat-Boeser
Dahlen-Pettersson-Goldobin
Leipsic-Gaudette-Virtanen
As a base for a top 9 while giving the kids a chance to succeed is what this team needs moving forward. That leaves a combination of;
Granlund/Sutter/Archibald/Gaunce/Gagner
Eriksson, fighting for 3 spots, with Dowd, Boucher, Chaput, and Megna competing at camp but realistically not having a chance.
I think you'd have to call your "4th" line
Eriksson-Sutter-Gagner, due to their contracts and "leadership"
Leaving Granlund, Gaunce, Archibald outside looking in.
It seems like we have a logjam at the forward position.
I think we should be looking at moving any player that wasn't listed in my "top 9" for PICKS and picks only at the draft. Any picks. 3 round + is fine.
I think running
Baertschi-Horvat-Boeser
Dahlen-Pettersson-Goldobin
Leipsic-Gaudette-Virtanen
As a base for a top 9 while giving the kids a chance to succeed is what this team needs moving forward. That leaves a combination of;
Granlund/Sutter/Archibald/Gaunce/Gagner
Eriksson, fighting for 3 spots, with Dowd, Boucher, Chaput, and Megna competing at camp but realistically not having a chance.
I think you'd have to call your "4th" line
Eriksson-Sutter-Gagner, due to their contracts and "leadership"
Leaving Granlund, Gaunce, Archibald outside looking in.
It seems like we have a logjam at the forward position.
I think we should be looking at moving any player that wasn't listed in my "top 9" for PICKS and picks only at the draft. Any picks. 3 round + is fine.