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Originally Posted by MattyC
I agree completely. The filling high draft picks into 3/4 line duties or bottom pairing defensmen roles is a huge mistake IMO. Watching guys like Backlund and Neimiz get placed into these roles continues to bother me. Guys like Skinner, Myers, and O'Reilly are not accidents.
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O'Reilly played on the 3/4 lines all season long. Isn't that the exact thing you are complaining about the Flames doing?
And the Flames haven't had a forward prospect with close to the talent of Skinner since Iginla so unfair to expect them to have the same results as what Skinner did.