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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Disagree with this. For me, the forward core needs to look like this if we want to take the next step:
1) Gaudreau
2) RW sniper capable of 30+ goals consistently
3) Monahan
4) Bennett (may overtake Monahan in time, which would be great)
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I'm not quite sure what you're disagreeing with.. You're simply re-wording what I said. You disagree with how I said it?
We all know that the forward core starts and ends with JG, Money, Bennett and to a lesser but important piece, Michael Frolik. By the end of the year, you could possibly add Ferland to that group. He's not necessarily top 6 but he's easily a middle 6 guy who can play on any line. This making Bouma a little expendable.
All of this is aside from the point. We don't need to be re-signing a bunch of underachievers. We need to move the underachievers and make some holes to evaluate anyone who adds to this roster and meshes with the core.
We may have some more gems in the AHL but they need to cycle in to show what they can do.
Look at Ferland. Had OK numbers in the AHL but it took him getting a shot on the Flames for him to really come out of his shell and show he's much more dynamic than we all thought.
This opportunity needs to be given to 5-6 guys in the AHL.