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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Very well-written, just a couple of points I disagree with.
The goals against have been less the fault of the defense but the fault of a forwards being lazy in their owns zone and the Kipprusoff injury. What ROR brings is not only 50-60 points but also from what I've seen, he is excellent in his own zone as a center. None of the Flames know how to play center in their own zone so the slot always seems to be open.
And secondly, that Flames 1st round draft choice must not be so important because Colorado knew that if the Flames picked up ROR, they would be a playoff team and that draft pick would be no higher than 15th. ROR is that good and Colorado matched the offer in about 8 minutes.
Was a good try by Feaster.
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I agree, I meant defense in terms of team defense. The forwards in their own zone are further away than they should be and the "center" has no clue what they are doing. If Kipper was in mid season form, we might be 2 or 3 points higher in the standings maybe which would help. At the start of the year though he wasn't really doing any better than Joey Macdonald is right now.
I definitely think that ROR would've helped immensely, but even with him I don't think this team would have quite enough to squeak in. It would be a lot closer though. Even in the 10-14 range though there are a couple of interesting center prospects like Alex Wennberg and Frederik Gauthier that would be still solid. Adding either of those guys or any of the other guys I listed in the article to say Filppula (just for sake of argument) would be better overall than just for ROR, even though he is rather good. I do applaud Feaster's creativity, I'm just a bit more concerned about what the follow up might be now that didn't work.