Honestly I am not surprised these comparisons are being made now. Several of us on this board have been saying this since last year. Obviously Monahan and Gaudreau had to follow it up this year and they have so the media can start to make this comparison. The rebuild has gone much quicker than anticipated basically only being out of the playoff race completely for 2 years. In 4 of the 6 years we missed the team was never eliminated until late in the seasons.
A huge reason why is out 2 current best players were 4th round picks Brodie(08) and Gaudreau (11). The Flames also hit big on their 2 top 10 picks they did receive adding 2 centers that could jump into the league right away and contribute.
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