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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Okay this sounds more like a philosophy issue.
Some of us are comfortable "projecting" Bennett as a #1 centre and Monahan as a #1 centre. You don't want to "project" either of them into the future, you want to judge them as they are now. Which is totally fair, just a different viewpoint.
Some of us look at Bennett and think we know what he'll be in 2 years. And that is a #1 centre. Unlikely Monahan has plateued yet either so a lot of us are projecting him as a #1 centre as well. Therefore a lot of us think we have two legit #1 centres for the future so we're set there and are happy to pencil is whichever guy there we want, doesn't really matter.
If you want to take a more conservative, wait and see approach that's fair. But this is a thread about our rebuild in general so some people's lineup is their lineup projecting players 2 years into the future. So they are projecting the youngest kids to their full potential and in the roles they think they will grow into. Not the roles they are currently suited for.
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I largely agree with this. There's a philosophical difference. But I just don't see people putting Poirer, Andersson, Jankowski, etc. into their lineups in terms of the rebuilt Flames. And these guys have high projections. Who knows, maybe we already have our #1 RW and starting goaltending in the works, but it's just a matter of time? People are putting Bennett and Monahan though, as their 1-2 punch already.
I mean if we're going to say we have two number 1 centre, two top pairing D, etc., then why do we suck so bad? That doesn't sound like a crappy team by having all these great pieces in place. That sounds like a built, ready to compete package. I think people need to take off the homer glasses, accept that were in the basement, and realize it's because our players are getting beat by their competitors. That includes guys like Bennett, Monahan, Hamilton, etc.
I think the rebuild is over when we have a legit 1-2 punch, like most good Western clubs. Will that be Monahan and Bennett? Yeah, probably. But if that was them now, the Flames wouldn't be in the position they're currently in.
The Oilers made the dire mistake of thinking they had a top line of Hall- Nuge-Eberle, but we all know that wasn't he case. It was an illusion as a result of ice time, offensive starts, and tolerance to their shortcomings. I don't see the Flames management making that mistake. They have to be critical, even that means questioning if they have those key pieces as being good enough.
Actually, now that I think of it, I believe the Flames has created poor rebuilds in the past based on poor projections of their "young guns"