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In this episode of The Hockey Writers Grind Line, Detroit Red Wings writer Devin Little gets together with producer Matthew Zator to discuss who the best linemate would be for Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond next season.
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Who do you think would be the best
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Cause it already has Kevin Stewart, Dylan Larkin. Who do you think would complete that line
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I mean, it doesn't have to be a guy that's already on the Red Wings, but in the NHL
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who do you think would be the best guy that the Red Wings could get? I know maybe a loaded question
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but who do you feel would compliment those two the best? Realistically, there's a couple of options
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that come to mind. One of which we saw a lot this season, Alex Dabrinkia
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it seems like the Larkin, Dabrinkia, and Raymond line was just kind of consistently really, really good
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They consistently were able to apply pressure. If one guy, it seemed like if one guy wasn't scoring
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and the other two were, it was hard to contain them. And I think that, well, I understood why they put Dabrinkia
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with Patrick Kane once they signed him. It was one of those things where late in the season
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Dabrinkia played with Larkin and Raymond because they just had it going
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And it was kind of loading up the top line, but it is what it is
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The other guy that kind of comes to mind beside Dabrinkia, or aside from Dabrinkia
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is actually Carter Mazur. And the reason why Carter Mazur comes to mind is because Carter Mazur has always kind of reminded me
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of Tyler Bertuzzi. He's that type of player, kind of scrappy, goes to the dirty areas
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is willing to get his nose a little dirty and do the ugly work, so to speak
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That's Bertuzzi. And in Raymond's first season with the Red Wings, the top line was Larkin, Raymond, and Tyler Bertuzzi
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And they worked really well together. There were plenty of games where they were the Red Wings' only line
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that could do anything. So why not kind of remake that line
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just with Mazur instead of Bertuzzi? And I think that Mazur would provide
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just an added level of sandpaper that you wouldn't get with a Dabrinkia
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And that would allow Dabrinkia to play lower in the lineup as well with whoever is there
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whether it's Patrick Kane or whoever. But I think both would be good options
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And both have, at least in Dabrinkia's case, he's proven that he looks good alongside those two others
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And Mazur is the profile of a player that has looked good alongside those two as well
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