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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Sean Tierney has an article out at The Athletic today examining the best possible line combinations for the Flames, from an analytical perspective.
Let's just say it's a hot take.
https://theathletic.com/1452120/2019...shared-article
His proposal:
Gaudreau - Ryan - Bennett
Mangiapane - Backlund - Tkachuk
Rieder - Lindholm - Frolik
Lucic - Monahan - Quine |
That gives analytics a pretty bad look. The thing is, sample selection means everything in analytics, and his selection looks lacking. The eye test says this :
Matthew Tkachuk - Elias Lindholm - Andrew Mangiapane
Dillon Dubé - Sean Monahan - Mikael Backlund
Milan Lucic - Derek Ryan - Johnny Gaudreau
Michel Frolik - Sam Bennett - Austin Czarnik
Jankowski
With Johnny seeing double shifts in the third (if needed) and powerplay time. Bennett and Czarnik on the second powerplay and second penalty kill. To me, analytics be damned, that's a lineup built for the playoffs.