Gaudreau - Monahan - XXX(Marleau/Sharp etc?)
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik
Ferland - Bennett - Versteeg
Lazar - Stajan - Brouwer
Jankowski in when there's room(whether a trade or someone bought out/waived)
Foo first call up.
pretty much what I want to see, given Versteeg is pretty flexible on the wing I'd move him to 4th line LW if Lazar can find some chemistry on the 3rd line.
Gaudreau - Monahan - XXX(Marleau/Sharp etc?)
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik
Ferland - Bennett - Lazar
Versteeg - Stajan - Brouwer
I'd swap Ferland for Versteeg
I'd swap Ferland for Versteeg
I thought about it, I guess it depends on Brouwer being a black hole for offense or not this year....Versteeg is one guy who can get people going. Plus he's good at slowing down the play so Brouwer can park his rear in front of the goalie and get some garbage goals...again something he's supposed to be good at.
If Brouwer can rebound this year, our lineup is looking plenty dangerous. If you add a Marleau type to the top line, our 4 lines can roll and you have a great distribution of talent.
I find Ferland and Lazar pretty interchangeable, I think you really need a guy like Versteeg on there to make it produce. That being said, Ferland-Stajan-Lazar could cause a lot of havoc on a 4th line checking unit.
hahaha, I know, it'd drive teams crazy, which was kind of what I envisioned:
Ferland-Bennett-Lazar being like. Honestly, with how ****** Brouwer was this past year, I find he just constantly screws my armchair lineups. If he can get his game back, you'd think he'd really help out a kid like Bennett. With that in mind: Versteeg-Bennett-Brouwer would be a great line.
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Yeah why on earth would someone want the bigger, younger, cheaper (probably), guy who is better defensively, a better PKer and who scored a similar amount of ES points. It's blasphemy!
Chiasson does fit that description compared to Versteeg though, which is why I would have rather had him back over Versteeg.I would love someone like that. Sadly, the Flames don't have anyone who matches that description.
Yeah why on earth would someone want the bigger, younger, cheaper (probably), guy who is better defensively, a better PKer and who scored a similar amount of ES points. It's blasphemy!
My personal bias makes all of what I said true? Damn, I'm like a ****ing wizard.We have Lazar to pick up some slack there. We need secondary scoring and PP expertise over someone who's marginally better defensively.
If they want Chiasson, they'll sign him.
But, let's also pretend like your personal bias against Versteeg has nothing to do with this