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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
That's no excuse with the amount of skill the Flames have up front and in the back-end. Wideman, Gio, Russell and Hamilton should be able to contribute more than enough offense to make up for not having a legit #2 center.
The Flames system is not working this year. Plain and simple. Adjustments need to be made when special teams are this atrocious.
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The Flames have pretty much no skill up front aside from the top line.
The team only has 4 bonafide top 6 players, Gaudreau, Monahan, Hudler and Frolik and 3-4 of those guys don't play with much Jam.
Calgary is loaded with 3rd and 4th line players. Jones, Jooris, Colborne, Bouma, Ferland, Stajan, Raymond.
That's not a lot of skill to be honest. The biggest reason for Calgary's offense last year was having 4 defenders score 40 pts, this year that offence is more high risk than high reward.
If you have Backlund, Wideman and Russell on the ice together at the same time, you're going to bleed goals against.