The Flames definitely need help in faceoffs. It's such a big part of possession and if the Flames were better at faceoffs, I have no doubt that some players would have at least 5-10 more points at this point. It is such an underrated stat.
Having said that, Ryan can't play above the 4th line, or maybe the 3rd line. He just sucks at too much other stuff to play him up the line up, and it's those first two lines where they really need to be better at faceoffs.
I guess you could have Ryan take the faceoffs and then tell him to get the eff of the ice ASAP after that.
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