The way I see the Flames we currently have 8 top 9 forwards in Monahan, Johnny, Backlund, Frolik, Tkachuk, Bennett, Ferland and Versteeg. We are also almost assured to be playing Brouwer and Stajan on opening night. That leaves 2 open spots between Lazar, Hathaway, Hamilton, Jankowski and Foo. While this isn't the most intimidating forward lineup, it's nice to see very few passengers.
It'd be nice to pick up a scoring UFA winger tomorrow but the top choices all seem to have other biases: Marleau (California), Williams (East Coast), Iginla (not Calgary), Jagr (probably Eastern Conference), or they have massive question marks. I'm actually comfortable with Calgary sitting out on the UFA rush this year. I think a #5 defenceman is still in the works but those aren't necessarily the guys you chase on July 1st.
|