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Originally Posted by Bingo
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.
14
13
13
13
That's about 5 more minutes than you can count on.
So 13 11 11 13 ... pretty much neuters everyone.
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The AI search I did yesterday suggests that it's 52 per game of ES. The Flames don't really have a true top line that's going to play 18 of that. So it's maybe more like 15:30-14:30-13:30-8:30 type of split for time. If you even out the third and 4th lines, both would be around 11. So with PK time and 11 at Even strength, that's likely coming in just under 13 on average.