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Originally Posted by cowtown75
I meant Blair Jones. I'm just concerned about the skill level and where the goals are gonna come from. Cammy is skilled, Hudler is skilled, Glenny and Stemps will hopefully pot you a few... But who knows what to expect out of everyone else or how they will mesch~ I think there are a lot of high hopes. Not every single guy has to play a 200 ft game. You need scorers who can be taught how to backcheck too. Hartley had Brunner in Switzlerland no ?
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First off, this is a full blown blow it up rebuild year. We are not really worried about fielding a cup contending team and we are not going to stress about how everyone is going to mesh.
I don't mind the idea of Brunner but he is not a replacement for B.Jones. B.Jones a 4th line guy and I would expect him to be in a rotation with Bouma, Jackman and McGratton. Speaking of the 4th line, the Flames did not trade for D.Jones to play on the 4th line. We will likely be deploying him as a top6 RW who can bring the big body to offset the little guys on the LW.
Its also a bit silly to rush Monahan onto your first line right out of the draft but then say that you think Horak should go develop his game in the AHL. If anything the opposite is true and Horak should be on the team with Monahan going back to the OHL for another season.
The punchline is that you have a roster that is trying to do too much with too little and adding Brunner to the mix just makes it more messy. If there is a plan to ship out some of our vets before the season starts then go look at Brunner. Otherwise I would skip on him and promote from within heavily over the next two seasons.