This notion that the Flames need another elite top 6 to win is ridiculous. Take a look at last year's cup winners...
Top forwards:
O'Reilly
Tarasenko
Schenn
is that better than Monahan, Gaudreau, Tkachuk? I don't think so. Even if you concede that O'Reilly is better than Monahan (it's marginal), I would argue that Gaudreau is better than Tarasenko (again, close), and Tkachuk is easily better than Schenn.
Next 3:
Perron, Bozek, Schwartz, Steen? (debatable who they even are)
are they better than Lindholm, Backlund and <take your pick> Frolik? Bennett?
I don't see it. With the cap, not team is perfect, and having 6 top forwards is next to impossible. Five is really good.
STL won the cup with (IMO) 3 top forwards, maybe 4
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