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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
I think you are severely overestimating the quality of this hockey team. The Flames have one true 1st line forward, three top 4 defensemen, three other forwards that are roughly 2nd line in quality.... and that's it. There are some other useful pieces like Backlund, but nothing that every other team doesn't have. Last year was an aberration, this is not a playoff-caliber team IMO.
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This has ZERO account for player projections when we clearly have a young team with highly projected talent. To suggest Bennett and Monahan aren't going to be top 6 forwards in the next couple of years is asinine.