Some pretty radical homerism being thrown around here, potentially spurred by the nice little winning streak. But let’s not kid ourselves, even with better goaltending the Flames still have some significant holes in their lineup to address before we talk about contender status.
Currently Gio is the only Dman capable of scoring, Monahan and Backlund are ideally your elite #2 and 3 centres respectively, certain depth players are not contributing much, if anything, on the scoresheet, and there is a distinct lack of team toughness that teams like Anaheim and Winnpeg would pounce on in a 7 game series. And then, of course, goaltending.
Enjoy the wins, but realize that this team is currently being carried by the top line and a small handful of other players being on a hot streak, who collectively are scoring enough goals to temporarily mask all those other problems. I know we hate this word, but it’s unsustainable.
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