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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Well Ortio is playing in front of a dismantled roster. We dealt Hudler and Jones for no help up front, basically eliminating our forward depth. That has meant our lineup has looked shady especially when injuries hit.
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And that's our roster now. This is essentially the roster we're going into next season with, barring some trades.
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If Treliving adds two top six wingers in the offseason to a similar roster
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With what cap space? The one people insist be used on a goalie? Or the one where we magically make Wideman go "poof"?
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to what we have now you'd think that similar performances by Ortio or whomever would result in more wins than we are currently banking.
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Most of Ortio's
wins have come after the deadline, actually.
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It's questionable to use pace numbers and extrapolate
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Those pace numbers represent 42 games. That's half a season worth or games played. And the sample starts in mid November, which just short of the beginning of the season.
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when a huge part of the sample size might need to be thrown out.
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Because of this team's cap situation with Monahan and Gaudreau, the post-deadline team is going to be more representative of what we're going into next season from a skater perspective with than the pre-deadline team.