Gil Fisher
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I like the possibilities of Perreault - xxx - Armia. I'm assuming Connor starts the year there but moves up to 2LW at some point. xxx could be Lowry but I would rather a more offensively gifted 3C. Petan could be very good there with his passing/playmaking game. It needs to be tried to find out. If not him then Copp deserves a trial there. Then we have Roslovic and Harkins developing. Its too soon to count De Leo out too.
If neither Petan nor Copp can succeed there I go back to Lowry until one of the prospects is ready/able to push him down. But the other candidates need to be tried/given a chance.
We could have a strong, dynamic third line and a very good 4th line:
Perreault - Petan/other - Armia
Copp - Lowry - Matthias/other RW
Our bottom 6 does not have to be a weakness. In fact it could be a strength.
Based on last year it appears that Maurice has some rigid ideas about how the bottom 6 needs to be structured that don't make the best use of his assets.
I like Perreault-Copp-Armia as the third line. Copp is the one who'd have to be putting the biscuit in the basked, because the other two don't possess much in the way of a snipe. I'd lean to Copp over Lowry and Petan for the same reason.
If one prefers Lowry as third line C, I think you need to put Connor on the left side. Connor-Lowry-Armia would also be a solid third line (couple possession guys and a sniper).
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