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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I think you could manage a sustainable 4th line deployment of around 13 minutes even strength without costing anybody else opportunity.
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All good man ...
I just don't see it.
There are 47-48 minutes of five on five ice time in an average hockey game.
Last year the Flames were basically ... 15+14+13 for 42 minutes which on average leaves 6 for the fourth line.
If you boost that to 13 (Backlund to the fourth line) and take 7 minutes away from the top three lines which now don't include Backlund you make Kadri less effective, and still choke out the 2nd and 3rd line for deployment.
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13
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13
That's about 5 more minutes than you can count on.
So 13 11 11 13 ... pretty much neuters everyone.