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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Let's be real, Ferland, Monahan, Gaudreau, Backlund, Tkachuk, Brodie, Gio... those guys are the reason for the team success. Tod Button and/or no-brainer draft position.
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How many contracts do we have that are not signed by Treliving? Stajan and...?
Besides, the increase in standings this season is NOT because the core guys you mentioned are doing significantly better than last season. At least statistically our core has actually been somewhat worse as a group.
What's improved is goaltending, depth and coaching. Elliott, Johnson, Brouwer, Frolik, Versteeg, Chiasson, Engelland, Hamilton, Stone and Bartowski. That's half our roster, most of them brought in this season. When looking for reasons why we're doing better now than last seasons, these are the guys. Plus of course Gulutzan.
Brouwer is the only significant miss at this point, and there's plenty of time for him to earn his contract. You can compare him to Engelland, who looked really overpriced in his first season in Calgary, but has since earned that contract.