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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Yeah the winger situation is terrible and it's part of the reason this team isn't yet ready to be a contender. I was really hoping Poirier could have panned out and while I'm not dismissing him as a future NHL player I don't see him as a top line winger.
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Though it doesn't help so much this season, at least you have Klimchuk, Shinkaruk and Mangiapane as potential wingers, in addition to Poirier.
As well, given the age of Backlund, Monahan and Bennett, I don't think the Flames are going to keep Jankowski in the AHL forever, and he will likely come up as a winger on this team (unless he ends up displacing a center if he does well enough). That's 4 kicks at the can at least to find something that works on that top line moving forward, though yeah.. it doesn't help much at the moment.
Edit: I forgot about Pribyl too - and that is likely a 'this year' potential, so there's that.