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Originally Posted by Cole436
As of right now, in my opinion they're not.
They've had great goaltending and support from the backend, but after our top 3 the defence drops like a rock. Outside of Gaudreau and Hudler our forwards are fortunate that they're scoring by committee because there's no consistent go to players in our top six besides the aforementioned ones.
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Strongly disagree. Which of Russel or Wideman do you believe isn't up to snuff? One is a veteran who's working hard and providing a lot of offense, and the other is a young guy who's extremely smart with the puck and improving almost every game. After that you have Engelland and Smid, certainly nothing special but neither has hurt the team with the limited icetime they've gotten. In fact given their play as a whole I'd say the Flames D has been one of the best in the league 1 through 6
Playoff bound, who knows. But all this team has done is continue the progress they started last year, and that has managed to get them near the top of the standings. Even if the pace slows, if they continue the progression I don't see why they can't sneak in