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Originally Posted by Textcritic
This bizarre narrative about the Flames supposed dearth of forward depth is already very tiresome. They are one of the deepest teams in the NHL; it is an exceptionally well constructed roster. I just don’t get it.
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Respectfully disagree. I think this is a team with a good first line, a good second line, and two lines of fourth liners.
I keep waiting for Bennett/Jankowski/Czarnik to prove some form of reliability, and I am consistently disappointed. Lucic, Rieder, and Ryan look decidedly like fourth liners at best (I would argue that Lucic is a net loss individually and there wasn't exactly a long line to sign Rieder, either). The dropoff from Tkachuk/Backlund/Frolik to what we have left under them is significant.