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Originally Posted by Rick M.
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Considering the amount of toughness that has been added of late I wouldn't be surprised if the Burke/Treliving blueprint for this franchise was the 70s Broadstreet Bullies. Seventeenth Ave Sluggers? MacLeod Trail Meanies?
Bennett is the kind of player you build a franchise around. Add him to Monahan & Gaudreau and there's a potentially elite core of offensive talent. Surround the core with hard-nosed top-6 forwards like Poirier, Klimchuk and Hunter Smith. Fill the remaining lines with shut-down 2-way talent (Bouma, Backlund, Colborne, Arnold & Reinhart) and beef. Factor in wild cards like Baertschi & Jankowski who could make a top 6 impact and I think you have to wonder if the Flames young forwards corps will be one of the strongest in a couple of years time.