Besides last years top line no one else was a consistent point producer in the reg season.
The Flames weren't that badly off in the regular season. Jones' 34 points in 67 games is fairly comparable to what (for example) the Ducks' secondary scoring brought. Bouma also had 34 points (compared to the 39 of the 4th highest forward on Ducks). Backlund had 27 in 52 games, which is pretty good.
Sure they were weaker against the Ducks in the POs. But they were missing a healthy Bouma, and Backlund was busy with Getzlaf.
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