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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
This got me to thinking - when was the last time we, on paper, have had THIS legitimate of a first line? A legitimate #1 LW, #1C, #1RW in each of their own rights.
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The two closest cases that I can remember would've been post-deadline 2009 after trading for Jokinen (but we all know how that went), and the mid-2000s line of Langkow, Huselius, and Iginla. How much of that line's success you want to ascribe to Iginla being a world-class player is up for debate however.
This might honest to God be the first Flames team to have a legitimate group of top 6 forwards and top 4 defensemen at the same time since the early 90s.