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Originally Posted by transplant99
Defensively they are already pretty good if they get decent goaltending.... we saw that last season.
Obviously a strong partner for Brodie is a must have. Beyond that though they can muddle through with cheaper journeymen or some of the kids on the farm.
They need to add some offense somehow though. Whether its a pure offensive guy up front or getting some more scoring from the blueline (which is hard to count on)
This formula was shown to be the case pretty clearly in the SC final. Niether team was top 10 in GA last year....both were in the top 10 in GF however.
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Ugh no. The Flames have been a very good offensive team for years. Besides, having 5 very good defencemen means less time spent in our own zone. Which means more goals for and less against. We do not need a top end winger at all right now.
Gaudreau
Tkachuk
Frolik
Ferland
Lazar
Brouwer
Versteeg?
Chiasson
That's a good mix of skill, speed and grit. Games are won with centers, defence, and goaltending. Adding a scoring winger is both costly and improves the team the least. Add to the fact that either Jankowski or Bennett could be on the wing next year and it's easy to see why wingers aren't priority