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Originally Posted by belsarius
So just curious about this ice-time narrative. I used the top 12 ice-time per game for the Flames, the Preds and the Jets; both overall and 5v5. I didn't have time to do more but I would be interested if someone did. I used these teams as I think that's kind of the comparable teams the Flames are trying to build.
Calling the top 3 icetime line 1, etc, the Flames actually use their top end talent move than the other two teams and sit their fourth line more.
CGY NAS WPG
Line 1
OV 32% 30% 31%
EV 30% 27% 29%
Line 2
OV 28% 26% 27%
EV 28% 26% 26%
Line 3
OV 23% 25% 24%
EV 23% 25% 24%
Line 4
OV 18% 19% 19%
EV 20% 22% 21%
There isn't a whole lot of variation, and in today's NHL I wouldn't expect there to be. Individually there are some differences, Nashville didn't have a regular play under 9 mins while both Calgary and Winnipeg had one low man. Winnipeg is the only team with Forwards over 20 mins a game in Scheifele and Wheeler. But overall by the lines the Flames use their top 6 more than the others and rely on their 3rd line a lot less. 4th line is lowest but not by much.
If anything you could rationalize that GG uses players in wrong situations, but timing wise, at least using the Preds and the Jets, he is using his guns more and not relying on the bottom lines to carry the load.
Like I said if I had time to do more I would because it interests me how the eye-test actually matches the utilization. Maybe I'll update with more this evening.
EDIT - Bah formatting.. I will try to fix that later
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Just wanted to respond to this - did you in any way account for score effects?
I.E. I am pretty sure NAS & WPG have more multi-goal wins than the Flames, which would naturally lead to them playing their lower lines more - don't need the 1st line out every other shift when you're up 3+ goals in a game.