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Originally Posted by Textcritic

Yeah, that looked moronic to me as well. But it all makes sense in the light of Lambert's general low opinion of Kris Russell:

From article:

The Flames don't really have any top-tier offensive talents (both Monahan and Gaudreau, and maybe Bennett, might turn into that a year or three down the road, but they're certainly not there yet)

It's mind boggling that he just neglects to mention Hudler (8th in league points). Actually not really - Lambert has the terribly unprofessional habit of cherry picking stats to backup whatever argument he's making. Also considering that Monahan and Gaudreau were 2/3 of the best line in the NHL for the last 25 games or so of the season, it's interesting that they're "certainly" not top-tier offensive talents. 33rd and 41st in points respectively. Monahan 15th in the league for goals.