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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
You saying it over and over does not make it fact.
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.
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.
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Every single website, tv broadcast graphic, tweet ect. listed them as the 3rd line so whatever. Lucic didn't play in the top six in the first two games IMO. The lines now if they stick are a little more grey to be fair. Although Lucic is definitely on the fourth line now.
agree to disagree I guess we are ruining the thread