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Originally Posted by The Cobra
For a team jammed packed with first and third liners, the Calgary Flames sure have trouble scoring goals.
And why were the players not being slotted optimally? Presumably because they haven't been producing. Current management obviously feels they are being slotted better now. Not that I necessarily agree with that.
Then Flames top 4 players have been producing like 2nd liners all season long. I agree we need to expect so much more.
I don't think that Johnny's problems are simply a slotting problem. I think the Flames are desperately trying different slotting for its players because Johnny has been so bad this year.
The offense was designed to revolve around him. It's not working so far.
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Well based on your thinking, last year, when goals were plentiful, they were all first liners? My assumption is that the players, at capacity, are as I described. Going just on this year, sure we can call them all third and fourth liners, but who would actually think that?
My assessment of those lines has to to with the quality of centres (Lindholm and Monahan are first line Cs based on their history). There's also no doubt that Gaudreau and Tkachuk are first line quality wingers - that's what they always have been and they are nowhere near retirement. That said, any team with two pairs of first line quality can add useful wingers and say they have two first lines or close to it.