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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
Treliving should stop acquiring or tolerating low-skill zero-offense players.
There are currently 7 forwards who are on pace for fewer than 15 points.
4 of them have played over 15 games. Sam Bennett is dangerously those to this threshold.
Lucic, Reider, Jankowski and Frolik have a combined 8 points (2 goals) in 88 games.
That's abyssal. Brian McGrattan could do that on his own. And it's also way too many. That's more than an entire line of no offense.
I think this harms the team a lot more than people think. Not only are you missing out on lots of points for them, but it's putting a lot of pressure on the other forwards.
A lack of scoring depth exponentially hurts the team, and it's probably contributing to the bad play on the top end of the roster.
In an ideal world, none of these players would be playing any games. Are they working hard? Sure. But they're still harming the team. Only Lucic should be back next year, and that's purely because of his contract.
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Not a very good post. You're totally cherry picking. Focusing purely on what we've seen from these players for a 20 game stretch, while ignoring previous seasons, is a pretty flimsy argument.
Jankowski scored 31 goals in his first two seasons. From a 3rd/4th line C, that's decent. 2 seasons ago people were complaining loudly that Jankowski was sent down to the AHL to start the season.
Frolik has been solid for the duration of his deal as well. He's only 2-3 years removed from being part of one of the most dominant possession lines in the league. If you didn't think some fall off was expected at the end of his deal, you're not paying attention to how UFA deals typically work.
Regardless, the Flames issues reside primarily with their best players, not their bottom 6. Unless Gaudreau, Monahan, Gio, Backlund (I'll exclude Tkachuck because he's probably been the best of the bunch) start pulling on the rope, this team will not succeed.