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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The point is that calgary had ZERO 30 goal scorers last year, and Monahan is the only one who at the moment can realistically be counted on to score in that vicinity next year.
Why is this even a conversation? Calgary only had two TWENTY goal scorers last year, let alone 30.
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You're being a little disingenuous here, since the Flames have plenty of players with 20- and even 30-goal pedigree or potential. The following players have either scored 20+ goals in the past three years, or have come within five goals of that mark in the past three years and are under 28: Gaudreau, Monahan, Backlund, Frolik, Bennett, Ferland, Brouwer, Versteeg, Bouma and Giordano.
Clearly, Bouma won't reach that mark again, but the rest of those guys are decent enough candidates to hit 20 again this coming year, with the first three (and maybe some of the rest) candidates to hit thirty. That isn't even counting Tkachuk, who scored 13 as a 18- and 19-year-old last season, or Hamilton, who keeps improving his goal totals.