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Originally Posted by jayswin
And I'm with TheScorpion, I also contest the motto "You either bring a scoring prospect up to the top 6 or you don't bring him up at all".
Why is 8-10 minutes seen as this detrimental ice time distribution for a farm/prospect scorer? It's literally how Mangiapane was utilized when he was breaking in and he took it and sailed. And especially on a Sutter team. Its like what, 7-8 minutes less than a star forward in ice time on the Flames?
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I agree with this is as well. I'd rather have a guy who's average at defending who can get the puck out of the defensive zone than a guy who's a guru at defending but is constantly hemmed in his end because he handles the puck like a grenade. We clearly need to score more goals. Goals scored by the 4th line count as much as goals scored by the 1st line.
We have the same problem we had in previous Sutter eras where we have a bunch of old guys on the 4th line. They are responsible, etc, but you need a mix of these guys and guys who can bring energy and spark, guys who play every shift like it could be their last in the NHL.