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Originally Posted by Split98
If the Flames don't win a Cup with a C on Giordano's chest, I'm confident they will with one on Tkachuk's.
This kid is driven to succeed, and he wants to do it here. We're a lucky bunch to have that kind of talent, passion, drive and (surely) leadership wearing our team's jersey.
We're allowed to be pessimistic as Flames fans, as we've already had someone with those same traits dedicate himself to our team. But the roster Tkachuk is playing with is wildly different than what Iggy was afforded. Granted, they had a Kipper... but we're not worried about getting a center that can play at his level.
The league fawns over the what the Oilers have in McDavid, but I have a feeling that at the end of their careers these two will be talked about synonymously. Maybe McDavid's speed and hands will be a nod to the McDavid camp, but they are heated debates when they spark up. The north should fear a lost opportunity this time around. The odds would be pretty tilted towards the Flames if they were both sitting that game out.
It's exciting times!
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That's a silly statement. I get what you're going for in terms of importance to team, but Marchand will never be talked about in the same breath as Crosby, and that's what we're talking about. McDavid is one of the top NHL players without much help, and I don't want to see what he could do with some actual backup. In the mid to late 80s, we had a bunch of players that any team in the league would have loved to have, but no one would have taken any of them over Gretzky. That doesn't make them worse, and if the 89 Flames played 10 series against any Oilers team, I'd expect them to at least draw even, and if put to it I would bet on them, but it would still be a silly thing to say that they'd rather have any of those players over Gretzky.