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Originally Posted by Parallex
How many "core players" do you envision a team needing? And what do you consider a core player? Because I think there are 3 potential future core players on the team right now (those being the Killer B's: Backlund, Brodie, Baertschi).
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Five or six. For example:
Chicago: Toews, Kane, Hossa, Sharp, Keith, Seabrook.
Boston: Bergeron, Krejci, Seguin, Marchand, Chara, Rask.
Pittsburgh: Crosby, Malkin, Neal, Letang, Fleury.
LA: Kopitar, Carter, Richards, Brown, Doughty, Quick.
I highly doubt Backlund or Brodie reach the level of any of those players. Baertschi maybe, which is why I consider him a possible core piece going forward.
Remember, the Flames of the future aren't competing against past versions of the Flames - they're competing against elite rivals. We have one young blue-chipper and a couple other legitimate NHLers. OK. Others teams have more. Would you rather have Backlund, Brodie, and Baertschi, or:
Price, Subban, Paccioretty, Gallagher, and Galchenyuk
Hall, RNH, Eberle, Schultz, and Yakupov
Karlsson, Zibanejad, Turris, Connacher ,and Lehner
Duchene, O'Reilly, Landeskog, and Stastny
Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Read, B Schenn, and Couturier
Berglund, Stewart, Perron, Pietrangelo, Shattenkirk, Tarasenko, and Allen