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Originally Posted by bigrangy
...The only impact players that will (probably) be better in the future are Bennett/Janko/Tkachuk and they're playing at high levels already. Everyone else is in their prime or on the decline. The time to win is now.
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This is a pretty bleak perspective. While Monahan, Gaudreau, Brodie, Hamilton, Hamonic and Ferland are all at "playing prime" age, do you honestly expect much of a drop in production or impact from any of them over the course of the next four years? I sure don't. My biggest concern is probably Backlund, but with how Jankowski has come on a transition in the next two years seems pretty reasonable.
Yes the time for the Flames to win is "now", but "now" is also a period that appears likely to continue for at least a few years beyond this season.