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Originally Posted by Nelson
I think the issue is that the Seguin line is much better than any line the Flames have, and the Stars also have two defencemen who are better than any defenceman on the Flames. The Stars have better players.
Unfortunately, Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm does nothing 5 v 5. They are our equivalent of the Seguin line. They are just nowhere near as good.
I think the closest thing the Flames would have to the Seguin line would be Tkachuk’s line. But without Tkachuk, that line is a shadow of itself. You can’t expect to sub Reider for Tkachuk and still have an awesome line.
In the next game, I’d try Ryan with Backlund and Mangiapane and just shorten the bench. 4th line could be Reider, Jankowski, Quine.
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This is the long and short of it, the best handful of Stars are better, or at least currently playing better, than the best handful of Flames.
Flames are scoring opportunistically, Stars are scoring with possession/pressure. That favors the Stars nightly, unfortunately.