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Originally Posted by Red
GG has our top line vs other top lines now. They talked about it yesterday, he told them that they are good enough. Sink or swim.
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So they are going to give up on the road? Jets match up Lowry with Monahan and even they get Backlund- Schiefele it leaves Little up against Jankowski.
The only way the Flames are competitive in this situation is if Monahan destroys Lowry or Jankowski can shut down Little......NOT ever going to out-score them.
The top line match up might work with the non-playoff teams because their lack of depth but a home-playoff type team will have 3 lines that aren't dominated in a match up.
I think it is mainly a matter of perceptions and expectations... If Brouwer/Bennett/Jankowski are matched up against Schiefele and/or Little's lines and they shut them down then they are heros and it is no big deal that they didn't score some goals.
Right now they are consider crap because they don't have 5-6 goals each .
I consider them crap because they are -15 and don't play well enough to take the pressure off the top 2 lines.
They need a better definition of their role and some recognition of doing their jobs well. (Green hat recognition?) Yelle got all sorts of recognition in 2004 scoring 4 regular season goals and 3 in 24 playoff games.
Is it that hard to make a solid checking line??