Carlton confident reshaped forward line will stretch rivals Kristian Jaksch in the thick of the action at training with Ciaran Byrne. CARLTON says its reshaped forward line will stretch rival defences next season despite the loss of three star goalkickers in the past two years. The Blues last month poached a pair of developing big men in ex-Giant Kristian Jaksch and former Western Bulldog Liam Jones to help partner much-improved rookie Levi Casboult and swingman Lachie Henderson in attack next year. They will replace forward trio Jeff Garlett, Eddie Betts and Jarrad Waite, who have all sought new homes in the past two exchange periods. Classy forward Troy Menzel is set to push further up the field after significantly developing his core strength. Recruiting manager Shane Rogers said the club wanted to create a spread of goalkickers rather than rely too heavily on a sole spearhead, such as Jarrad Waite. "We have just got to have the ability to kick goals and do the predictable things to our teammates," Rogers said. So if those players play the roles we that we want them to play, we are expecting some of those players to kick 30 goals each. Plus, we have got Menzel there who hopefully steps up and kicks his 30 goals a year, which is putting a lot of pressure on the kid, and plays his role for the team. But it is going to be hard to man them (all) up. You are going to need three good defenders to man up our forwards, so we are not relying on one forward perhaps as much as we did when I first got to the club. Now we are trying to spread the load and provide a consistent team effort and that's the way Mick (Malthouse) coaches. Troy Menzel at training at Princes Park. Menzel, 20, has flourished in his first two seasons at Visy Park, despite playing on with a sore shoulder late in the 2014 campaign. The Blues pounced on the smooth left-footer at pick No. 11 in 2012, after rating him the second best player of his draft class. Lars surgery on his anterior cruciate ligament put some clubs off, but the Blues are thrilled with his progress. "He had some challenges medically (when he arrived), but surprisingly enough it was not his knee," Rogers said. It was groins and his hamstrings. Our doctors were really concerned about those. He ended up hurting his shoulder and tried to keep going, which was good of him. But I was surprised he didn't win a Rising Star nomination a lot earlier (than Round 16). He is just class. If we can find some more players like that (it would be excellent). Rogers said key defender Sam Rowe's comeback from prostate cancer last year to finish fifth in the best and fairest was "pretty special." ""Rowey" has been a sensation and it has been a great coaching move from Mick to flip him back (to defence)," he said. If he can have another year as he did, and we've got (Michael) Jamison and Jaksch or (Lachie) Henderson - depending on what the coach thinks - it's a pretty stable backline. Carlton's leading goalkickers post-Brendan Fevola 2010-14. Player Goals Jeff Gartlett 171 Eddie Betts 167 Jarrad Waite 135 Andrew Walker 86 Lachie Henderson 85 Chris Yarran 83 Marc Murphy 80