[polak]

- 1 solid goaltender.

Kipper is too old to be our only option in goal. We need someone to start taking some games off his plate. I can't see this team going any where until we have a legitimate back up.

- 1 top 4 D-Men.

Gio, Wideman and J-Bo are all legitimate top 4 guys. No one else on our team is though so we need one more.

- 1 consistent 35+ goal scorer.

Iginla is no longer a star. I think we all see it and are coming to terms with it. Not his fault and he shouldn't be expected to carry a team at his age. We need to find someone to replace him. He is still definitely a top 6 player though.

- 1st line center

Backlund has shown that he has the potential to be a solid #2/1b guy. But I can't see him become anything more then a Daymond Langkow (in his prime obviously) and clearly the Flames could really use someone a step above.

- 1 first line winger

Basically, we have a plethora of second line guys. Tangs, Glencross, Hudler are all solid options for the second line while Sven, Backs and Cervenka all have the potential to be solid 2nd line players as well. However, none of these guys (besides Tanguay) have really struck me as top line players for a contender. Tanguay at his prime was without a doubt a 1st line player, we need another guy like that.

So Basically... We're screwed. We need to replace all of our best players with even better players. There is no 1st "team" position that I feel we are at a level where we could be a contender with.