[tkflames]

I will repeat my assertion a couple of years back that hockey unlike basketball is a weak link sport. For those unfamiliar with the term, strong link is when thr team performance is heavily influenced by the star player, weak link is when the team is heavily influenced by the weakest players. I believe for a couple of games you can fake it by playing your best 30 minutes a night...but not over an entire season + playoffs.

I don't believe that the NHL gms have truly caught onto this concept, but for this reason Vegas was not an anomaly but an untapped strategy in their inaugural season. Vegas would come in you in waves of 2nd lines for the whole game. Calgary is built the same way and now with a coach that can exploit this...it is not surprising (although definitely not predicted by me), that they are finding success playing this way...