Sam Bennett busting has really set this team back.
If he had become at least as good as Draisaitl (for example), the team would be really dangerous.
You could have Gaudreau and Monahan on one line, Tkachuk and Bennett on the second line and Frolik and Backlund on line three. No problem scoring, IMO.
To make the problem worse we also hired an incompetent coach, so that doesn't help for sure. With lack of picks in the upcoming drafts, things could get really gloomy for the Flames, especially since I don't think the core will get much better.
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