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ricardodw · 07-24-2013, 10:49 AM

The Flames will likely not finish as poorly as they did in 2013.

They have significantly more depth and other than Gio/Brodie/Wideman getting injured and the goalies being off the map bad..... and MacDonald showed he is not off the map bad and has the profile of a lot of the goalies that turned out to be good no one is irreplaceable on the Flames. well Glencross being injured would hurt.

The fall off in an injury is not calling up Alui or Bancks or Street or Piskula or Nemisz or Negrin who got their NHL games not because they earned them or actually had a shot to become NHL players..... but because they were the only warm bodies available.

This year the top 6 players in Abbotsford and the top 3-4 D-men have a realistic chance to have NHL careers and they have to be better than Smith and Butler and Horak and Knight and Bouma and Blair Jones.

In the past 3-4 years we would have been excited if Marcus Granlund was ready for a top-6 spot or if Hankowski and Rienhardt were 40 game NHLers. And whether it would be better for Wotherspoon and Breen and Ramage to start the year in the AHL or as 7/8 d-men with the Flames.

This year these are the guys that will be competing for call ups.

07-24-2013, 10:49 AM	#75
ricardodw Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Exp:	The Flames will likely not finish as poorly as they did in 2013. They have significantly more depth and other than Gio/Brodie/Wideman getting injured and the goalies being off the map bad..... and MacDonald showed he is not off the map bad and has the profile of a lot of the goalies that turned out to be good no one is irreplaceable on the Flames. well Glencross being injured would hurt. The fall off in an injury is not calling up Alui or Bancks or Street or Piskula or Nemisz or Negrin who got their NHL games not because they earned them or actually had a shot to become NHL players..... but because they were the only warm bodies available. This year the top 6 players in Abbotsford and the top 3-4 D-men have a realistic chance to have NHL careers and they have to be better than Smith and Butler and Horak and Knight and Bouma and Blair Jones. In the past 3-4 years we would have been excited if Marcus Granlund was ready for a top-6 spot or if Hankowski and Rienhardt were 40 game NHLers. And whether it would be better for Wotherspoon and Breen and Ramage to start the year in the AHL or as 7/8 d-men with the Flames. This year these are the guys that will be competing for call ups. Last edited by ricardodw; 07-24-2013 at 10:52 AM.