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Originally Posted by Toonage
Have to figure Mangiapane will make his share of mistakes up there too. For him at least its part of the learning process. Bennett, as noted, should be past that.
Honestly I'm sure Frolik will get back up there and find his groove and we'll see them settle into lines that we know work (or at least the stats tell us they work better)
3M
Bennett-Jankowski-Czarnik
That leaves the top line in tact (of course) and the defacto 3L of Mangiapane-Ryan-Lucic
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I think the writing is on the wall with Frolik. Unbelievable to me that he doesn't get more icetime. He didn't get a shift until the half way part of the third period and immediately produced the best scoring chance of the game. Bennett out there with a minute left instead of Frolik probably cost Calgary the win.
It's nice that everyone got together to say the right things about keeping the team intact but Frolik's days in Flames sweater would be over if anyone in the league had been interested.
I think it will be difficult for Frolik to win his spot back again this year, especially if Mangiapane starts to convert on some goals as well.
I'd be rolling:
Line 1
Tkachuk - Backlund - Mangiapane
Lucic - Ryan - Frolik
Bennett - Quine - Dube