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Nelson · 05-22-2020, 06:20 PM

I think the Flames and Jets would be a pretty good matchup. I’d give the Flames the advantage on D and the Jets the advantage in goal and at forward.

I think the Flames need to play to take advantage of the Jets’ D. I think this means an aggressive forecheck.

The other strategic point is how do the Flames match up with Connor, Schiefele and Wheeler? What is the line that goes against that line? I don’t think it’s to the level of the MacKinnon line, but I think the Schiefele line would also destroy the Monahan line. I think Coach Ward would need to hard match Backlund on Schiefele and hope Backlund can hold on.

05-22-2020, 06:20 PM	#957
Nelson First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2016 Exp:	I think the Flames and Jets would be a pretty good matchup. I’d give the Flames the advantage on D and the Jets the advantage in goal and at forward. I think the Flames need to play to take advantage of the Jets’ D. I think this means an aggressive forecheck. The other strategic point is how do the Flames match up with Connor, Schiefele and Wheeler? What is the line that goes against that line? I don’t think it’s to the level of the MacKinnon line, but I think the Schiefele line would also destroy the Monahan line. I think Coach Ward would need to hard match Backlund on Schiefele and hope Backlund can hold on.