With Ferland proving capable of producing as the 1st line RW, and Bennet/Janko looking to be breaking out and being on the upswing, the only real question mark in the top 9 is Backlunds status going forward.
I'm all for an upgrade if they can find it without creating a bunch of holes elsewhere. Otherwise just get the guy extended already.
Other than that my only wish is for the Flames to not bog down the 4th line with overpaid veterans. If they stick with Brouwer and don't buy him out, he's already in the mix, the other two spots should be filled out either from within (Mangiapane, Hrivic, Dube, Hathaway, Lazar, Klimchuk, Lomberg, etc) OR with cheaper veterans on short term deals if the younger guys can't cut it quite yet.
Love Stajan, but thank **** his contract is up finally. No sense replacing him with another older guy with another potentially terrible contract that we find ourselves regretting year after year.
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