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That was a pick on Lindholm but not called. Refs do their job and there wouldn't be so much hate.

We get the extra call. So typical.

Tkachuk game and a ton of fights. WHo would imagine.

Man, I thought Lindholm scored on the one timer.

Sorry, mixed you up with another guy here. I have all these jersies that don't get received well. Lombo sure took a beating there, but he got a couple in.

First unit not clicking. Can't get in

Still stuck in SE Edm myself. Nice to watch Oilers lose games. Snow clearing really sucks here.

Stupid stickhandling behind the net Markstrom. Get that out of your game idiot....

Hey dude, how is Leduc these days.

Kadri needs to use his wingers more.

Lomberg is trying to start up some crap. Just what he loved doing in his short time with the Flames. And what he does every game in Florida.

Zaddy from Rizie. What a nice first and 2nd pass.

Team looks like they have jacked up the intensity. I think this is an important game for multiple players. Not just Hubey and Weegs. The Flames that played on lines with Bennett. I want to see more hits on Montaur. He's a dirtbag and ranks up there with other former Ducks.

We get hemmed in when Lucic is on the ice. Not all on him, they have the #1 line on against him.

Thanks Bennett for the stupid penalty. Always good for one per game.

Humm, Ruzie score on the PP. Nobody else capable of doing it? Play Ruzie more.

Ruzie buries it.

Gotta work on those zone entries. FInd a player that can do it and get them out there on the PP.

Excellent GDT Saymzies. Dube needs to bury those. I hate that we can't hit the net on the one timer.

I'm not about to look at a previous team and compare. Sutter may want possession and shot volume, but he doesn't want perimeter shots. His biggest complaint has been "unwilling to go to hard areas". While he said that 40 shots should win, he also talked about needing to finish. Call it SH% or quality or just getting greasy goals when others aren't going in. Sutter (rightly) pointed out that some guys just won't go to the hard areas. I would say that few go directly to the net with the puck. Few get in there to fight for rebounds. I won't name them, but you can probably figure it out. Last year it was Johnny. Anyway, we should be seeing a tweaked lineup tonight, more balanced: Ruzie-Lindy-Toffee Mange-Kadri-Dube Hiberdeau-Nacklund-Coleman Lucic-Lewis-Ritchie Sutter eems to be seeing Hubey's game coming around, so this may just be temporary. He might not like ubey with Kadri, and I believe that playing with Lindy limits his options. Lets see if these lines stick for a game.

He scored 8 of those in the last 9 games of the year. Not to be that critical, but he has 25 shots in 16 games. So one of two problems; not enough shots per game or not enough quality to score on more of them. Not sure which I believe at this point. The trade suggestion is more to the fact that we aren't scoring enough. Not enough snipers.

Situation - Sutter seems to be of the opinion that Dube isn't cutting it. We can't seem to find the right fit with the top 6 players and are using Hubey on a 3rd line. BT is said to be looking for a top 6 (or top 9 at least) winger. So, the answer is relatively simple. Trade Dube for a top 6 player. It's not like Dube is a finisher, and I believe Backlund is more passer than shooter. That would give the opportunity to balance the lines a bit: Mangiapane-Lindholm-Toffoli Huberdeau-Kadri-RW Ruzie-Backlund-Coleman Maybe the top line doesn't work, so swap Mange and Ruzie. But that 2nd line craves a good winger to round it out. 3rd line is either what we saw of Mange's most time last season or Ruzie getting a bump. And improving the defensive side of his game. He adds a bigger body to the line too.

Hate to agree with Eric Francis, but we lost our best zone entry player - Gaudreau. You see that struggle with the PP. Once we get in the zone with possession, we tend to dominate. I think it was the end of the 1st where they showed 7 minutes in the O-zone and 4 minutes in the D zone. If anyone is PO'd, I would look to Dube. He's been criticized since Sutter got here. I don't know what he needs to do to win favor, but he doesn't seem to be there.

It's funny that he looked better with Bread and Kadri, but not really scoring. I would tend to keep Ruzie in the top 6, since he is fitting in. I would be more comfortable with Coleman-Backlund-Dube and figure out the rest of the lines.

Bottom 6 in the top 6? Recipe for disaster. Lucic anywhere near your top C's? (shakes head) I don't really have a problem with Ruzie playing in the top 6, but he's not yet a top line player. First 6 games, 2nd line crushing it chances-wise, but top line with kinks. 4th line scoring more than expected. Next bunch of games go to a weird setup which didn't work. Next bunch have 4th line grinders on key lines with key players. Seems pretty simple. Top 9 player types play in top 9. 4th line player play less minutes on the freakin' 4th line. Give Hubey 17+ minutes per game. Try a few combos of players, but get the 4th line players outa there.