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Originally Posted by wingmaker
Does it? If Monahan, Gaudreau, and Bennett are truly the players that will lead Calgary, how many pieces are we actually missing? How many players can we expect to add with the cap restrictions what they are once those three players get paid what they're worth? Another top offensive player for sure, and a better goaltender for sure. Beyond that, this team should have enough to compete. The defence is solid, and there are enough second line/third line depth to be able to step up when needed (Frolik, Backlund, Ferland, Bouma, etc). So the question is, how long does it take the young players to play to the level needed for them to lead Calgary? If you look around the league at other young players who went on to lead their team, it didn't take that long. Usually by the time a player is past their entry level contract, they are established leaders. If not, than they probably are just complimentary pieces and not the corner stone pieces that we all expect them to be. The NHL has changed. It is no longer a 25 to 30 year old league, it is a 22 to 27 year old league.
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So you think Toews and Kane do it themselves in Chicago?
It's just Kopitar and Brown in Los Angeles?
It was just Bergeron and Krejci in Boston?
The flames have basically nothing after Gaudreau/Monahan/Bennett/Brodie/Hamilton. The flames have 12 fulltime roster players with less than 5 goals this season and we're at what, the 55, 56 game mark?