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Originally Posted by Kasi
Well if his point is that Sutter doesn’t play his stars enough well that is sort of true. Right now part of the problem is Sutter seemingly wants to play Lewis or Ritchie or Lucic over the flames star players.
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I think an argument can be made for the disparity in ice time being too tight between say a 3/4th liner and a 1st/2nd liner.
I think that's fair.
But to say he plays lower roster players more wouldn't be true.
In average ice time
1. Kadri
2. Huberdeau
And I'd say he's 8 forwards deep in that 12 minute 5 on 5 average per game (Kadri, Huberdeau, Mangiapane, Lindholm, Coleman, Dube, Toffoli, Backlund), which is the group that we'd all agree should play more.
A minute step down to Lewis.
Another 30 second to Lucic
Another minute to Ritchie
Another minute to Rooney.
So no he's not playing Lewis and Ritchie more than the stars, but what is the best deployment of four lines over the course of a season?