Dube will skate on a line with Mark Jankowski and James Neal this evening. Earlier in the year, he spent some time playing alongside Neal and the veteran has been a great source of support since the early goings of the season.
"He's been great," Dube said. "(He) reached out to me a lot and offered me to move in with him. Being from Calgary, I didn't take the opportunity, just being at home all the time and not knowing what's going to happen.
"Just in ways like that, he's a really good guy in the league and a good veteran presence for all the guys so it's nice to have him."
With the luxury of clinching first place in not only the Pacific Division but also the Western Conference all wrapped up, Peters is making sure all of his players get the rest they need before the playoffs start next week.
That means, in addition to Monahan, the Flames will sit Mark Giordano, Travis Hamonic, Noah Hanifin, TJ Brodie, Elias Lindholm, and Sam Bennett this evening.
Unlike his linemates, Johnny Gaudreau, who also played on Monday, will be in the lineup.
"We got guys ahead of him that need more rest because of health-wise," Peters explained. "Everybody is coming out as just slightly dinged, nothing serious but dinged up enough hat after x amount of games, that a little break will help them.
"I think it's really going to help our D, our D men should be refreshed when they come back in, and if they play against Edmonton they should be excited and hungry to play. Guys like Gio getting rest is outstanding and now Hammer doesn't have to block shots here right now, he might go in for game 82. Hanny, a young guy that wants to play chomping at the bit but we also want to see these other guys get good minutes .
"I think it'll benefit our team in the long run and we'll continue to have the same standard of quality of play with the lineup that we have were not going to deviate from how we play."
