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Old 04-03-2025, 02:01 PM   #181
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Originally Posted by Bingo View Post
Performing is such a subjective word.

If you mean filling the net then yeah they have many underperforming players. It's an offensively challenged team.

But Suniev really isn't in line to replace those bottom 3-5 players because he likely couldn't hold a candle to them in the 200 foot game.

Fans rag on the fourth line all the time but they're actually near the top of the team in what they give up defensively.

Is he ready to take on that role?

To me it's Pospisil, Sharangovich and perhaps Farabee (but he generally plays more of a shutdown role).
It feels like some posters believe the Flames could somehow only play him in the offensive zone. There might be some benefit to Suniev having practiced how the team plays in those other zones.
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