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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
What I am saying is that the Canadiens are a different situation than the Flames
the Habs had a goalie to build around
3 strong centers for their roles, 2 excellent d men (remember Markov was injured most of last year) and have had some excellent secondary contributions from draft picks, and good depth
The Flames have a goalie who from everything you hear is about to retire, and question marks after that
1 centre in Backlund (jury is still out whethere he's a 2nd or 3rd liner), Giordano (although based on reading a lot of people here say he's been horrible this year) and so far no real contributions from draft picks outside Brodie
can't compare the two situations
with the extra picks the Flames are on their way to a rebuild, but to expect them to bounce up to the top of the conference next year like the Habs is too much
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To expect them to be as bad as this year when you cleared almost 20M in cap space with Bouw, Iginla, Kipper being gone is expecting far too little.
Were these guys worth 20M/year over the last 2-3 years? The next season?
To put it perspective Minnesota got Parise and Suter for a cap hit of just over $15M/year.