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Originally Posted by Samuelsson
Baffles me that some people have Monahan on the third line. It helps if you imagine that these people are crack addicts, because then you can justify their reasoning.
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Baffles my mind that people think the NHL is like a sim league where if someone is listed on the 3rd line they can only play 15% of the time or that if someone writes out lines and one is listed 3rd they have to play a specific role only.
The traditional 4 line system where the top two lines are offense, the 3rd line is a shutdown line and the 4th line is crap is gone. With the rebuilding Flames this is even more likely. The Flames likely have 3 2nd-ish lines and a 4th. My guess is Monahan's line gets a lot of softer minutes with offensive starts, Stajans line gets the tougher minutes with defensive zone starts and Backlunds line is a mix of both as the most "traditional" top line minutes.