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Canes Acquire Marcus Kruger


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With the acquisition of Kruger, my best guess at line combos for the start of the season is:

Teravainen//Rask//Williams

Aho//Staal//Lindholm

Skinner//Ryan//Stempniak

Nordstrom//Kruger//McGinn

Extra's: PDG, Jooris

Slavin//Pesce

Hanifin//Faulk

Fleury//Van Riemsdyk

Extra: Dahlbeck

Darling

Ward

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2 hours ago, KillerKat said:

So is Skinner not a top 2 line forward anymore? 

In a perfect world yes, but Peters said at Summerfest that he wants him with Ryan and Stempniak.

I kind of inferred that he thinks that Skinner can balance out that line and potentially provide some offense there.

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