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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
I'm wondering if flames fans have completely lost faith in the farm system at this point. I believe that stone is as good as signed, and there is out top four. Other players are backup plans.
I would want 2 spots open for defense in our system. I think that wotherspoon and kulak can hold down the left side 5 and 7 spots, and let Rafikov, ollas mattson and Andersson battle it out on the right, for that last spot.
I also would like to see rittich as the backup.
Eventually we should trust our own guys a little.
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Your lineup makes sense to me if we were guaranteed to be injury free all year. But how does your proposed defense look when we sustain a couple injuries to our top 4 defense? Scary! Very inexperienced.
We need some depth to survive injuries. There is still room for a guy from the farm if you get Stone/Hamonic. And they really get their chance when the inevitable injuries happen.
What happens to the goalies if Smith is injured? Suddenly we're going with an all rookie duo? Yikes.
I find fans tend to spitball the lineup and forget that we're almost never 100% healthy for the year.