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Originally Posted by Firebot
And Flames have first...
My point being, why have the first line take the defensive zone face off.
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Couple things. One, they’d just come on the ice. Second, they have to do it some time. You can’t shelter a top line. And the puck was theirs off the draw. The D failed to clear and then the fire ensued.
ETA: Third, Monahan is the best faceoff man on the team.