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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
Calgary's got a 3 year window to contend, starting next season, in my opinion.
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...why just three years? That's... a weird way of looking at things.
All of the Flames' major pieces up front are under 30.
Gaudreau is 23.
Monahan is 22.
Bennett is 20.
Backlund is 28.
Tkachuk is 19.
Frolik is 29.
Ferland is 25.
Lazar is 22.
Jankowski is 22.
That's not including other useful guys like Chiasson (26) and Versteeg (31), both of whom aren't especially old -- but if management deems them to be so, they're both replaceable free agents.
On defence, only one guy is over 30...
Giordano is 33.
Brodie is 26.
Hamilton is 23.
Stone is 26.
Andersson is 20.
Kylington turned 20 yesterday.
Fox is 19.
Hickey is 21.
And the future in goal is completely untapped.
Gillies is 23.
Rittich is 24.
Parsons is 19.
McDonald is 21.
This team has a bright future, and that sure as hell won't all be over by 2020.