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Originally Posted by AcGold

Bouma, Ferland, Gaudreau, Bennett, Poirier, Monahan, Russell, Brodie, Colborne, Backlund, Ortio, Gillies all pre-apex.

A 12 player core going forward; shut down dman, power forwards, playmakers, two way dman, two way forwards, 2 potential franchise centers (1 a probable 80 plus point superstar). If we can acquire a top 4 dman it will be a fluke if we miss the playoffs. The team is just too deep to regress substantially and this isn't counting the rest of the prospect pool. We could ice a potential playoff team just with what we have now for a few years, imagine if we bring in 3 or more young guys. The Flames are built to last.

I wouldn't count Russell (28) as pre-apex but add Josh Jooris, + maybe Markus Grandlund and Drew Shore if they make the starting line up.