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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I don’t think your dates are correct at all. In 2019-20 the Flames started off with the usual G-M-L line. Lindholm was never apart from Gaudreau at all. Quarters 2 and 3 he still played with them, but they also tried him down the middle with Tkachuk a small amount of the time, with Backlund moved to RW. At the end they went back to full time G-M-L. And Lindholm and Gaudreau’s production actually was about the same the whole year. Monahan’s dipped in Q3 pretty badly.
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Most of what you posted looks right, but there was definitive struggles earlier in the year which as you said lead to Backlund moving to the wing with Monahan centering and Lindholm lining up with Tkachuk and Mangiapane.
But based on the story that was told by the coach, some of the players came up to Ward and asked to have some line up changes made. For instance, Backlund didn't want to play wing anymore, so Ward moved him back to center with Tkachuk and Mangiapane and the rest is history. Backlund went on a tear, scored at a ppg pace with his new linemates and really drove the bus for a month and a half. That's the iteration of the top 6 I'm talking about.
Regardless, we're ultimately still talking about a huge uptick in goals and I have feeling this team will continue their high scoring ways with the changes.