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Originally Posted by ricardodw
1) Points are not goals.
2) Lines are not made of by sorting and parsing the scoring rate.
It would be far more valid that you would make up lines by ES TOI
Or even better the time that the line actual plays together. link
Try and find another team that is so dependent on one line. There is no other team that is even close in the 25% of ice time allocated to 3 players as a unit.
The Flames have 1 line and whatever line Mangiapane is playing is the second line however limited his line-mates are.
It is not a big leap to look at the Flames from the opposition POV and figure out that if you focus on stopping line # 1 that you have greatly improved your chances of winning.
11 games in the west and 2 wins in regulation. |
Capitals. Took me 5 minutes.
ETA: also Avs - even without Mackinnon the op line is 32% or so (and it would be more but for the high amount of Makar goals)