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Originally Posted by GhostCookie
One of the things I feel is different is that the 2019 Peters team was invested heavily on one line tearing it up, and Gio being a Norris beast. While there may have been defined roles, there never appeared to be a commitment to defense across all 200' of ice, and once the top line wasn't top anymore in the playoffs, things went how one can expect. It's exactly why McDrai hasn't been hoisting a cup year after year, or any team that has hasn't gotten there completely on the backs of one line. If the other team can key in on one or two players and it nullifies your game, you wont have success. What Darryl is doing here is holding the team responsible for the whole game, and so far the team is buying in and staying committed. Hence why we aren't needing our top line to win every game for us, and we have so much scoring spread out across the gamesheet.
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This is not at all my recollection.
Yes, the top line was fantastic, but in 2018–19 Backlund scored at a +50-point pace, and Tkachuk scored 34G and 77pts all on the second line. The Flames had ten forwards that year with +10 goals, and eight forwards with +30 points. The 2018–19 team was not just a one-trick pony.