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Originally Posted by madmike
I just dont think the roster is as good as people thought. The Flames have 2 ok centres but lack a dominant one. They have no scoring RWs. Bennett at this point isn’t a bust, but doesn’t look like he’ll be the player he was expected to be.
Really the only forward strength is at LW. The bottom 6 is pretty bad.
The D corps is ok. The top pairing I think is excellent. Second pairing is meh. Brodie is a real disappointment. The third pairing I think is actually a pretty solid NHL 3rd pairing.
I’m not a huge Gulutzan fan, but replacing the coach isn’t going to magically fix this team. The talent just isn’t there.
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Thanks for this post, I completely agree.
Just quickly looking at centre depth on top teams in the NHL:
Winnipeg Jets: Schiefle-Little-Stastny
San Jose Sharks: Pavelski-Couture-Tierney with Thornton injured.
LA Kings: Kopitar - Carter - Nate Thompson
Anaheim Ducks: Getzlaf - Kesler - Henrique
Nashville Predators: Johansen - Turris - Bonino
Minnesota Wild: Staal - Koivu - Cullen
Tampa Bay Lightning: Stamkos - Brayden Point - Tyler Johnson
Pittsburgh Penguins: Crosby - Malkin - Brassard
Washington Capitals: Backstrom - Kuznetsov - Eller
Philadelphia: Couturier - Nolan Patrick - Filpulla
Boston: Riley Nash - Kreiji - Backes with Bergeron injured
Toronto: Nylander - Kadri - Bozak - Plekanec with Matthews injured
Relative to those teams with maybe a couple exceptions, Monahan - Backlund - Jankowski looks awfully pedestrian.
You build a team from the middle out through effective drafting and proper development. This is no secret, it’s how teams continue to win in the NHL.