Practice notes Jan 10

[BigErnSalute_16]

Originally Posted by Flames1217

The 2nd PP should go as such:
Bennett
Leivo-Dube-Mangiapane
Gio

Bennett proved in the bubble that he is more than capable as a net front presence on the PP.

This line up also keeps Backlund and Ryan fresh for the PK.

Valimaki may very well also take Gio's place by the end of the season.

Replce Gio with Valimaki right now, he's got the skill and if we want him to ever break out he's going to need to be given opportunities to do so.

And replace Leivo with Backlund and i think we have two dangerous pp units

[SeanCharles]

I know this won’t happen right away but hopefully the PP groups end up:

Lindholm-Monahan-Tkachuk
Gaudreau-Valimaki

Mangiapane-Bennett-Dube
Andersson-Backlund

Gives us a RH shot on both units.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Backlund is the Flames fifth most productive forward, and the other four are on PP1. There is no reason at all why he shouldn't be getting lots of powerplay time.

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The reason as always is going to be that he plays a lot of PK minutes AND they want him ready to go after the PP when the other team sends their best, rested scoring forwards out.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by SeanCharles

I know this won’t happen right away but hopefully the PP groups end up:

Lindholm-Monahan-Tkachuk
Gaudreau-Valimaki

Mangiapane-Bennett-Dube
Andersson-Backlund

Gives us a RH shot on both units.

I could get behind this but what I do think will happen is swapping Andersson and Valimaki, dropping Bennett or Dube and adding Leica