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Originally Posted by bubbsy
the main difference between the two teams is that the blues core is in their prime (all their best players are in their 20s), whereas the flames core at that stage was exiting their prime.
Unless they completely screw up (ie. are not a playoff team) i think there will be no reason for worry or large changes.
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Steen 29, Roy 30, Backes 29, Jackman 32, Bouwmeester 30, Morrow 34.
all would be core players except for Maybe Morrow.
The 25 and under core is Pietroanglo 23, Shattenkirk 24, and Berglund 25 and Stewart 25..
Oshie and Sobotka are 26.
This is their time. If they are in 8th place come end of January there will be huge pressure to fix what ails them. They no longer have Davidson controlling things and they panicked last year already in a similar spot giving up their 1st and 2nd for Bouw and Leopold.
Maybe they could fix things with a scoring winger to replace Andy MacDonald.... a very similar player to Cammalleri.
In 2009 Bouwmeester was 26, Phanuef 24, Gio 25 Regehr 29, Jokinen 30, Bourque 27, Glencross 26,
Iginla was only 32.