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Originally Posted by Bingo
I'm under no illusion that Lazar is a safe bet to move into the top six, I'm actually concerned he may never be top nine. But as a fourth line forward he improved last year. He was one of the team's only consistent physical forwards and his wheels helped the fourth line avoid getting hemmed as badly.
He's an NHL player but not with a lot of real estate below him.
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To me Bingo, Curtis Lazar is a 13th forward. Perfect guy to have in the dressing room, but not good enough to play every night. I think collectively, this entire organization and fanbase needs to raise the level of standards we have for every player and personnel within the Flames umbrella.
And yes, that includes our 4th liners who simply weren't good enough. I know a lot of people will say, "well they're 4th liners, we shouldn't expect too much from them anyway." Well, personally think that's loser talk. Everyone has a job and everyone needs to contribute on both ends of the ice to get this team where it needs to be.
Take for instance Brett Connolly, guy is a 4th liner on the Caps and he has 2 consecutive 15 goal seasons. He outscored our entire 4th line this season and with his help, the Caps are only 6 wins away from the Stanley Cup. To me, this is the type of standard we need to set. We've accepted lower standards before and all it's gotten us is 3 decades of futility and mediocrity.