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Originally Posted by keenan87
People keep bringing up the Capitals.
I am sorry but Backstrom and Ovechkin are not Gaudreau and Monahan. Not to mention another superstar in Kuznetsov.
You are comparing this core to a team with arguably the greatest goal scorer of all time.
How about the Flames after the lockout as an example instead? Iginla, Regehr, Langkow, Kiprusoff... keeping the core together did nothing for the Flames.
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Agreed. The Caps were also consistently at least passing a round before being ousted by a powerhouse team in the Penguins. The Flames last three series have seen them ousted in 4 or 5 games, and this year looking horrendous doing it against the 8th seed. People need to read the tea leaves here. I think there is just as much danger that the window gets wasted if the Flames don't risk trying to strengthen where they need to. The Flames have a lot of good players but it doesn't mean its the right combination to get them deep in the playoffs.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
Last edited by Igottago; 04-21-2019 at 06:26 PM.
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