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Originally Posted by PepsiFree

It absolutely proves the point, the point being that the Flames do not lack centre depth. They aren’t just names, they’re centres.

Where they play isn’t relevant to the depth argument at centre, but may speak to the depth at other forward positions. Monahan, Lindholm, Backlund, and Ryan are a very good set at centre, if they play elsewhere to fill a need while Jankowski or Dube fills in a lower centre position, then that’s just the obvious benefit of having centre depth.

I’d go one step further on your argument and say the Flames lack an elite player period, but I think the phrase is thrown around pretty liberally, more so after a Cup is won.

What’s lacking and what will stop them from being a contender however isn’t another centre, it’s a great goaltender. We don’t have one, and we need one.

Gaudreau is an elite point producer.