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Originally Posted by GioforPM
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?
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While in a backup role Rittich was lights out. Even Prior to the injury to smith, this team a bubble team in spite of the things I mentioned.
See in my view if the bottom 6 is only playing 1/3, are they so detrimental that our amazing top line and great (debatable) 2nd line can't make enough impact in their 2/3s of ice time.