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Originally Posted by ricardodw
I find it interesting that the Flames have been picked to be a solid playoff team and the Jets are picked to be a solid non-playoff team.
The Flames and jets have been lock-step for the last 3 years and this is the year where the Flames pull away. Why?
Gaudreau-Monahan-Brouwer / Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Shinkaruk-Backlund-Frolik / Laine-Little-Stafford
Tkachuk-Bennett-Chaisson / Connor-Lowry-Perrault
Bouma-Stajan-Hathaway / Burmistrov – Matthias- Armia
Ferland-Jankowski-Poirier/ Dano-Copp-Petan
Likelihood of Tkachuk /Shinkaruk/Jankowski in the game 10 lineup very low as is Connor and Petan
last year combined stats from the #1 lines Flames 75 goals 180 pts +/- 0 Jets 69 goals 176 pts +27
Gio-Brodie / Byfuglien - Trouba
Wideman- Hamilton / Enstrom-Myers
Jokipakka-Engelland / Chiarot-Strait
Kulak-Wotherspoon / Stuart-Morrissey
Elliot-Johnson/ Hellebuyck-Pavlec-Hutchinson
Where do you think the Flames have the huge advantage?
Are the Jets going to lose Trouba for 4 1st round picks and just move Stuart or Morrissey up the line-up?
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Interesting comparison. Teams are actually pretty comparable, overall at F and both have excellent D.
One difference I see is Bennett. He has the potential to explode this season while the Jets have nobody in that situation. Laine could step in and be awesome, but so could Tkachuk so in a sense both X factors that kind of cancel each other out. Arguably the Flames also are better in goal (shocking), though Hellebuyck has potential to come in and solidify himself as a young legit #1.