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Roof-Daddy · 06-19-2018, 08:36 PM

The Flames made the playoffs in 2016/17, their top scorers were: (in order)

Gaudreau
Monahan
Backlund
Hamilton
Tkachuk
Frolik
Giordano
Versteeg
Brodie
Bennett
Ferland

All those players were still here last season, plus we swapped Elliott for Smith and added a full season of Stone and Hamonic.

It's fricking crazy that we missed the playoffs when you think about it.

The 3 biggest factors for missing IMO:

1. Backlund had an off year
2. Monahan got hurt half way through, tried to play through it and eventually was forced to stop
3. No other centers stepped up (Helloooo Bennett)

Jankowski did admirably, but he was a rookie and never going to save this team.

That's why I keep saying the biggest thing this team needs up front is better/more center depth, unless of course we're willing to bet another season on Backlund and Monahan staying healthy and/or Bennett/Jankowski stepping up.

I'm not, that's why I want Tre to go all in on Tavares, if that fails try like hell to trade for one of O'Reilly, Duchene, Hayes, Lindholm, Zibanejad, Johnson, etc.

06-19-2018, 08:36 PM	#320
Roof-Daddy Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Exp:	The Flames made the playoffs in 2016/17, their top scorers were: (in order) Gaudreau Monahan Backlund Hamilton Tkachuk Frolik Giordano Versteeg Brodie Bennett Ferland All those players were still here last season, plus we swapped Elliott for Smith and added a full season of Stone and Hamonic. It's fricking crazy that we missed the playoffs when you think about it. The 3 biggest factors for missing IMO: 1. Backlund had an off year 2. Monahan got hurt half way through, tried to play through it and eventually was forced to stop 3. No other centers stepped up (Helloooo Bennett) Jankowski did admirably, but he was a rookie and never going to save this team. That's why I keep saying the biggest thing this team needs up front is better/more center depth, unless of course we're willing to bet another season on Backlund and Monahan staying healthy and/or Bennett/Jankowski stepping up. I'm not, that's why I want Tre to go all in on Tavares, if that fails try like hell to trade for one of O'Reilly, Duchene, Hayes, Lindholm, Zibanejad, Johnson, etc. Last edited by Roof-Daddy; 06-19-2018 at 08:39 PM.