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Originally Posted by Mike F
Flames have won 9 of their last 11, based on strong team play. Why are they picking up other teams' castoffs now?
They'll have Frolik coming back at some point, which will already force them to make some tough decisions based on Granlund's play in this call up. Adding another small, soft, relatively expensive forward to the mix makes no sense.
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Because we could use guys who can contribute every second game on the scoresheet that aren't named Gaudreau.
When half your team's offense seems to run through Johnny, what happens when he cools down?
Getting Frolik back will help. But guys like Backlund, Raymond, Colborne, Bollig etc putting up no offense (even if their overall play has been okay) isn't helping our scoring depth. If say Gagner can be his 40-50 point self then at least he's helping to contribute on the scoresheet which is more than you can say for about half the forwards. Gaudreau + the blue line is responsible for basically all our scoring right now and I feel uneasy about leaning on them to come with the answers each night. They're not going to stay this hot.
Should always look to upgrade your depth.