Nothing wrong with what he's saying. 5on5 the forwards seem pretty Meh, outside gaudreau and monahan, generally without any kind of line identity, let alone team identity.
The other lines seem unclear on how to play offence. Is there line supposed to be a rush line, heavy forecheck, whatever??
I hate this concept that the flames have depth at forward.
Leivo, Simon, Bennett, lucic, Ryan, Nordstrom all have ZERO ability in generating anything resembling offence. That's half the forwards on the team. You'd think that they would be relied upon to play energy line type minutes. Heavy, physical, forechecking shifts. Nope, they are no good at that either.
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