This is the advantage of having 2 superstars vs 4 to 5 very good forwards. Only so many spots on the first 2 lines and first pp.
Backlund is a great 3rd line center but he’s also most likely to match up against other teams top lines. He’s going to get tons of ice time
Hard to take monahan Lindholm Johnny or Tkachuk off the first pp without creating a different problem with a different player
Mangiapane also out played Sam and deserved extra ice
Fla has 2 superstars and the rest are quality players but the team goes as barkov and huberdeau go.
Flames need to find a way to get a superstar even if it costs us 2 or 3 of our quality players. Probably needs to happen through the draft.
It sucks that Sam is tearing it up now and maybe we should have dumped monahan first but I’m ok to dump both and move on. Johnny too. Sam is still not barkov or huberdeau so he wasn’t the answer either
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