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Originally Posted by devo22
the way I remember it, Chiassons first line experiment was over in November or so and it only happened sporadically later in the year. Maybe I'm wrong, but I certainly don't remember him spending a large portion of the year next to Monahan and Gaudreau.
Either way, I just don't see it as a failure at all. The Flames only gave up a career AHLer for him, he made peanuts and chipped in offensively. Obviously he's not a top 6 forward and I agree it's on Gulutzan that he saw time there.
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I actually checked to make sure my memory was accurate. At 5 on 5, the only player he shared a line with more than Gaudreau was Bennett:
Bennett 412:45 (44%)
Gaudreau 382:24 (41%)
Stajan 286:34 (31%)
Monahan 264:37 (28%)
Bouma 172:04 (18%)
Versteeg 142:34 (15%)
Also played most of his powerplay minutes with the top line - though this was the experiment that ended early, as Gaudreau and Monahan had over 220 minutes of PP time, so Chiasson was less than 20% of that total:
Monahan 42:43
Gaudreau 42:03
Versteeg 32:36
Bennett 15:37
I liked Chiasson on the fourth line. He just spent way too much time on the first. Still glad he found a contract in Washington though.