Revisiting my crazy ideas for lines… Think Miro is the right callup but he’ll play of 3rd or 4th line. Mangi is probably the first option at 1LW. Despite a lot of you not liking my Duhaime idea I think he could play there as energy player for a game or three.
Duhaime on the first line brings back bad memories of Oates sticking Ovie with Beagle and Crabb. Not really fair to Duhaime cause he's a much better player than Joey Crabb, but that's where my mind goes.
Carberry is a smart guy, he knows he need to get it out of Miro, and everyone else's head that he has to replace Ovi, because nobody can replace Ovi. Lower the expectations to realistic for Miro and hope for the best.
I do get the locker room a bit to give Lappy the first shot here even though like some others seems like giving Miro the LW slot with Strome and Protas seems to make armchair GM sense.
I don’t understand who is going to shoot the puck on a line of Mangi, Strome and Protas. That line makes zero sense to me.
I did kinda like the AO/Strome/Mangi line that lasted a couple of games early on. No idea if Mangi can play LW or not.
Mangiapane scored 35 goals for Calgary in 2021-22. That season was clearly an outlier for him, but he's not a slouch in terms of putting pucks on net.
I don't really agree with that. Strome and Mangi have demonstrated scoring ability at an NHL level before, and Protas has potential, too.
And Strome scored 27 last year, and he's on pace for 27 again this year. Hell, Protas is on pace for 32. Both should see their shooting percentages drop a bit, but I think that line should be alright while Ovie's out.
