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Originally Posted by _Q_
Yes he is a second liner on every team in the NHL.
Some contenders would even have him as a first line player. I'm not sure where this notion that every player on the top two lines have to put up 70+ points comes from. Colborne would have been no worse than 5th in scoring on all the top teams in the NHL including the champion Penguins.
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Wrong. He had one season at the age of 26 where he finally put up some points. He was being handed PP time like candy, and many games with Gaudreau/Mony or a Lights out Backlund. Before the past season he couldn't even put up 30 points or over 10 goals. One year that goes perfect for him doesn't make him a second liner. Never mind a first liner on a contending team!
The flames didn't even qualify him because they don't want to pay him any more then 3mill. That doesn't sound like a true top 6 to me.