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Originally Posted by thymebalm
What is this depth you speak of?
You've got Gaudreau, Raymond, Glencross, and Bollig. I've seen some of our younger players show they are bette than Bollig, but that's it so far. We have kids pushing for spots, but let them push. You give up Glencross then it's a Oilers situation which the prospects don't need to earn their ice-time from established veterans. It weakens roster competition and unless he's replaced by Ferland shrinks an already small team.
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If you checked my post history, I'd say 80% of my Glencross related posts are ragging on him, but he's valuable. There is a dimension to his game we won't find so easy to replace as others think.
With Jones, don't expect him to move until next season, partially for contract reasons and partially for roster competition.
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The depth I was referring to is LW over RW. If we're going to chase two similar UFA's I'd rather it be a RW over LW (Glencross). Glencross already stated that he's going for max money, I'd rather see it spent elseware.
As far as LW goes.
http://capgeek.com/flames/depth-chart/
Additionally, every left handed Center we have playing RW, could transition just as easily (if not easier) to LW as well.
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