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Originally Posted by Meers
But Stajan, Hagman and White certainly aren't going to keep Thorton, Marleau, Toews, Kane or the Sedins up at night worrying. The new guys don't make the Flames contenders for anything other than first round roadkill.
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Well that is why you have Iginla, Kipper, Bouwmester and Reggie...
And even just trading Phaneuf straight up for Kovalchuk doesn't make us a contender either...bringin in 3 guys with offensive upside to complement Iginla, Jokinen, Langkow and Bork etc..gives you more options up front. One of the biggest problems this year is Iginla, double teamed all the time...he had no one, no one to take off that pressure, like a Tanguay or Juice etc...Calgary has some guys that other team now have to pay attention too..they may not be flashy, big names, but now Calgary has numbers and options...DEPTH....the move had to be made to get this team in a playoff spot..bottom line.
Every and any deal can back fire.
I am happy to have a GM, who takes risks. Risk taking means mistakes, but that is ok, he is always trying...he also fixes those mistakes most of the time..DS has done nothing in his time here, but to make this team as competive as possible and right now the bell is tolling on the core, its time to put up or move on