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Originally Posted by Bingo
Trevor Lewis is 3rd on the team in xGF% 5 on 5 and tied for 2nd in five on five goals.
He's the guy people have issue with?
Yikes
The Flames are and have been missing a top nine winger, they're trying different options and may resort to a call up, but clearly aren't there yet.
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It's not that the 4th liners are playing poorly - they aren't, they've all been good - it's that they are getting too much ice time. Two problems with that:
1) the 4th liners getting a lot of ice time, will lead to a team that plays a low creativity, grinding game.
2) the top 6 guys aren't getting enough ice time to get rolling.
IMO, pointing out that Ritchie and Lewis have been good, and are among the leaders in points, is completely missing the issue, which is that they shouldn't be getting enough ice time for that to happen.