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Originally Posted by dino7c
Backlund has been the 3rd line center the first two games...he has, he played with Lucic. Sutter started the season with Backlund as the 3rd line center.
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You saying it over and over does not make it fact.
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Top 2 lines have done all the scoring so far. Coleman scored from Gaudreau, Lindholm X2 and Mangi
Maybe that changes IDK
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You are defining Mangiapane-Monahan-Dube as a "top two line" all by yourself. They've gotten soft usage (often played with our 3rd pair, which is how Mangiapane scored his goal). Monahan has not played like a top six forward in about a year. Dube is consistently in Sutter's doghouse. Coleman is the Flames big offseason signing, do you really think Darryl is thinking "nice. we really needed a 3rd liner"?
Being a shutdown line does not make a line a 3rd line. They are not a pure checking line.
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Rule of thumb...if you are playing with Lucic you are in the bottom six
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Lucic is one of our better analytic players, including 5v5 point production last year, and yet is trusted offensively by the coach to play on our second powerplay unit. Sounds like an arbitrary rule of thumb.