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Originally Posted by ComixZone
It did not take Johnny a year.
The moment Johnny, Chucky, and Lindy got put together it clicked. That happened in Sutter’s 1st season back at the end of the season.
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In 2019 the Flames topped the west and Johnny had 99 points or something.
But the results faltered when the games got hard after all star break, and they lost in the first round. Everyone questioned if the team was too soft and too free wheeling to win when it mattered.
The next year Johnny had 58 points in 70 games. He and the top line looked like they had never known how to score.
Then there was pandemic weirdness so I suppose we can read into that what we want.
IMO there was a least a whole season where the top players adapted. I don’t think the 13-28-19 line has a chance under Sutter if the growing pains hadn’t already happened.