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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Depth becomes a problem if one of Giordano or Brodie miss significant time. Up front, I would say the Flames have excellent depth, and it is showing now. Granlund and Gaudreau have been a revelation. Jooris is better than anyone imagined—and even if he does fall back from his current level of play, he is still a great option for the third line. Ferland looked great before getting hurt. I really don't think they will suffer for want of depth—at least not forward depth.
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If any of their top-four d-men go down, the Flames lack of depth will be exposed. If two starters go down, they'll be in big, big trouble.
I do like the Flames depth up front. But young players are often boosted by adreneline. That lasts about 5-8 games, then the grind kicks in. I really like Granlund, Jooris, and Ferland. But I suspect they'll look different in NHL games 15-40 than what we've seen from them so far.
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Why is the offense from the blueline "unsustainable"?
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Do you really think Gio and Brodie are going to finish the season with 76 points each?