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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
In the words of Sutter, who was the third line?
The correct answer is there is no 'third line'. Hasn't been for a long time. Backlund/Frolik will always draw the toughest assignments/zone starts. Always.
Flames need two other lines that can consistently score, and hope that the Backlund/Frolik combo just had a down year last year, and can return to previous scoring levels.
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I agree, but the formality "on paper" is coaches still document a numbered 4 lines:
Currently I think these are your locks going into training camp:
Everyone else is playing to fit on one of these lines, my hopes is that we can round out 2 good scoring lines and let the 3rd like you said take ALL the hard matchups every night as they play the best defensive structured style.
Scoring 1:
Johnny - Mony - _______
Scoring 2:
Tkachuk - _______ - _______
Shutdown 3:
______ - Backlund - Frolik
4th line Gear grinders:
______ - Shore - Lazar