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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Agree 100%
Overreacting and trying to completely re-build the roster is exactly the mentality this GM group should NOT have.
Don't sell low and over react to a stretch (Post 7 day break - Jan 19th) that has been really painful as a fan but has also been a bit misleading due to a piss poor shooting and save percentage . (10-15-6, 6.68% Shooting Percentage - 31st, .890 Save Percentage 30th)
New Coach, Top 6 Forward, Younger & Faster in the Bottom 6/Bottom Pairing
Do those 3 things.
Hire a proven coach.
Move Stone for some assets that can help get a top 6 forward (even if it's just cap space to sign one).
Promote Mangiapane, Klimchuk, Andersson.
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Firstly, yes all day long on the coach. This guy is awful.
A top 6 forward? It will take more than that. If the Flames are a good team they only have 3-4.
Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuk...
Backlund - Frolik - x is a third line on a good team.
Make your case that either Backlund is, or Bennett could be a top 6 guy.
Some people considering if Hamilton should be traded are thinking about what it would take to get a legit top winger.
Stone may create cap space but he doesn’t get you a top winger. Not even if you throw in all of your garbage like Brouwer, Stajan, Shinkaruk, whatever Brodie has become under Gulutzan, etc.
And why Hamilton? Because the question is legitimate if he has the compete to play D well. Everybody knows he can score. Nobody knows if he can play hard enough to defend at clutch times when he is matched against a hard opponent. Again, Boston fans asked those questions. Dougie does not play like Chara, Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand. Can he be coached to? Or is that an inner fire?
Hamilton is an asset with a value. The flames need a correspondingly valuable asset that is not coming back for their garbage.