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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
I agree that we atleast have comparable top 9 depth to Detroit if not a chance to have a slight edge this year.
By position of the top 9:
Line 1 LW - Tanguay vs. Filppula - Tanguay has the slight edge IMO
Line 1 C - Cammalleri vs. Datsyuk - Cammy is a good player but is worse at centre and he's going up against Datsyuk so moving on
Line 1 RW - Iginla vs. Franzen - Again moving on
Line 2 LW - Glencross vs. Cleary - Very similar players i'd give Glencross the edge because he's 5 years younger
Line 2 C - Cervenka vs. Zetterberg - lol
Line 2 RW - Hudler vs. Samuelsson - I think I'm giving the edge to Hudler, but it's close
Line 3 LW - Baertschi vs. Brunner (over Miller) - Two Swiss players that are starting their first full years, could go either way.
Line 3 C - Backlund vs. Helm - Helm gets the edge here by a fair margin
Line 3 RW - Bertuzzi vs. Stempniak - Bert is getting older but he is the better player by a mile overall, edge goes to him but Stempniak could be better.
So in summary Flames have the edge in 4, Wings have the edge in 4 and Baertschi and Brunner are the toss ups.
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Detroit has two forwards better than Calgary's best forward, and it's a toss up after that, Franzen Vs. Glencross, Filpula vs. Cammalleri, Bertuzzi Vs. Tanguay.
I think Detroit has a better top 6 pretty easily given that they have two centres better than any centre Calgary has, and two players better than any player Calgary has.