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Originally Posted by madmike
Part of the issue for me is Smith is an older goalie and the Flames have gotten a good number of games out of him. It was unrealistic to expect him to start 70+ games. The Flames need to come up with a long-term solution in goal and fill in other weak spots.
Again - I don't see this team as being on the brink of contending for a Cup, which should be the goal. It has multiple holes to fill and some of them aren't easy fixes. The Flames need to do a better job of drafting and developing talent and stop trading away picks for temporary fixes.
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I definitely agree with you that we're not going to contend with this currently flawed roster. The holes are glaring and with Smith's injury history, a better contingency plan then Lack or 2 rookie goaltenders should've been addressed.
Amateur skating has actually done a pretty good job for the most part considering the few picks they've had to play with. But speed and skill needs to be become the primary objective here. There's too many grinders on this team and not enough finishers. That's why we're one of the top teams in shots taken and shots on goal, yet one of the lowest in goals scored per game.