@GranteedEV
I disagree. The Flames primary issues have less to do with their first line, or individual players than you assert.
The Flames primary issue is secondary scoring. The Flames are ranked 20th in goals for this season, which is not surprising considering that the bottom two lines simply do not score.
11 players have played minutes in the bottom six this season. Those 11 players have combined for 31 goals. That is 31 goals in 60 games. 31 out of 169 team goals, and 58% of those 31 goals goals came from two players Jankowski and Bennett.
Blaming Monahan for the Flames short comings is not a substantiated narrative. Hell, he can account for 16% of the Flames scoring. To put that in perspective, 11 other forwards only account for 18% of the Flames goals for.
In the NHL depth is the difference, and the Flames have non in their offence. Every night the Flames dress 4 forwards who are not an offensive threat.
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