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Originally Posted by PeteLFan
If I will be subjected to Tim jackman in a top 9 role we better we rewarded with the 1st overall pick.
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in 2010-11 the Flames missed the playoffs by 3 points. They would have been in the playoffs, clear and simple if Bouwmeester could have played as well as Steve Staois in the last 20 games.
That year both Kostopolus and Jackman saw a considerable amount of time in the top 9.
I think that Jackman getting more ice time in the last 10 games provide a better comfort level for the kids (Baertschi, Reinhart, Horak, Hankowski)...and allowed their skills to show.
Perhaps Galliardi and/or Jones and/or Jones and/or Bouma and/or Hankowski will be enough to keep Jackman on the 4th line but I can see how as an opposing player I would much rather have Stempniak watching Horak's, Baertschi's , Backlunds, Cammalleri's, Hudlers back than Jackman.
Having SOB on the ice 20 minutes a game will also take the charge out of the oppositions crashers.