[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by New Era

How is Ottawa getting votes over us here?

Ottawa's centers: Turris, Legwand, Zibanejad, Smith
Calgary's centers: Stajan, Backlund, Monahan, Bouma

Ottawa's RW: Ryan, Chaisson, Neil, Stone
Calgary's RW: Hudler, Colborne, Jones, McGrattan

Ottawa's LW: Michalek, MacArthur, Greening, Hoffman
Calgary's LW: Glencross, Gaudreau, Raymond, Bollig

Ottawa's G: Anderson, Lehner
Calgary's G: Hiller, Ramo

Ottawa's blue line: Karlsson, Phillips, Cecil, Methot, Cowan, Wiercioch
Calgary's blue line: Giordano, Brodie, Russell, Smid, Wideman, Engelland

The only position where we have an edge is on LW. We are somewhat competitive on the blue line and only marginally behind in goal. We get crushed in the middle and on the right side. I can't see Ottawa finishing bottom five in the league.

I wholeheartedly agree. Their centers are still better than ours. Their goaltenders are definitely better than ours. Their defense is a little suspect, but still better than ours. Their RWers are definitely better than ours, Bobby Ryan's overrating aside. Chiasson is very underrated and will slide into the 2nd line spot without much trouble. Their LWers are still better than ours, especially if Michalek can find his scoring touch again. They lost Spezza and some others, but this has been a younger building team for awhile now and will still be competitive. Won't finish bottom 5 for sure this year, but also probably won't make the playoffs.