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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Thanks, Enoch! These echo my precise sentiments that I have held for a long time. I think all fans get deluded into thinking that their top-six forwards have holes because of how utterly impossible it is in a cap world to construct a truly elite top-six. Every team will make sacrifices and attempt to compensate, and it looks from this that the Flames have done an excellent job of that.
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I think the same. So many posters say "we need another top 6 player" (usually about the second line RW). But the statement seems to assume that competitive teams have 6 forwards who are all premium point producers. This just ins't possible due to the cap, and even when there was no cap, teams didn't work that way. In 1989, the Flames were the class of the league, but even they had a second line that included Colin Patterson - a good player, especially in his own zone, but not elite.