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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
It probably has to do somewhat with why the GM brought in a bunch of forwards this year.
Generating chances with Backlund/Frolik/Jankowski/Hathaway is not the same as generating chances with Lindholm/Neal/czarnik/ryan.
The Flames have scored 18 goals this year. 7 of those goals have come from players who weren't on the roster last year.
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Treliving specifically cited scoring as a concern at the beginning and end of last year. So he gets rid of, through trade, buyout, retirement and demotion: Hathaway, Lazar, Brouwer, Stajan, Versteeg and Ferland (who is off to a hot start but you could understand if Treliving thought the first half of last season was not indicative). He brings in Neal, Lindholm, Czarnik, Ryan and Dube. You could argue that Versteeg = Ryan although Ryan has more upside and Dube and Czarnik definitely have more potential than Stajan and Hathaway. Neal is an upgrade on Brouwer, hopefully.