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Originally Posted by sa226
Sitting Raymond is a win/win situation for the series. He was brought here to use his speed and score goals. He has been average at both of those things. If you sit him. He gets pissed off and potentially returns to the lineup motivated to stay.
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What if, during the game you sit him, the Flames fourth line gets outscored by the Canucks' fourth line or whoever is playing against them and the Flames lose the game on depth?
The Canucks' fourth line has 33 goals in 179 gp this year. The Flames' has 21 in 170 gp. There's a delta there. This is the kind of thing that can lose you, probably not a series, but a game and possibly two. I'd just rather have the safer pick there.
Plus wouldn't Raymond be motivated to beat his former team?
Anyway this is an argument about a fourth line spot, which isn't the end of the world either way, you'd hope.