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Originally Posted by bubbsy
I have been hard on Backlund and the contract, but there are some solids stats refuting my position.
What I can't for the life of me understand is how can a team with a top line with a top 3 in the league in points player + 30/25 goal scoring linemates, plus a second line with the strong 2 way play of the 3m line, and with top 5 in the league top d pairing and an upper echelon goalie tandem be out of a playoff spot???
The only conclusion I can draw, is an idiotic coaching staff too dumb to recognize the lack of depth and the need to ride the top guys to garner any kind of success.....
Ugh
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I don't think the tandem is upper echelon. The starter is/was. And when he went down the Flames were in a PO spot.
Monahan and Backlund play 2/3 of the game. Jankowski and Stajan get 1/3, with Jankowski playing a fair bit more than Stajan, who plays about 1/6 of every game. Do you know any PO team that gives the top two lines more than 2/3 of the game?