I don't get the notion of not adding toffoli if he's available.
Getting no one vs toffoli, and icecube is saying no?
5 goals over 24 games could easily be the difference between going out in round 2 and winning a cup.
The question about an addition is always 'will this guy add or prevent more goals than the current guy over 24 games?'
Often that's an incremental improvement of a couple of goals or so and doesn't register as much over a playoff series.
But the flames are in a position where you are all but guaranteed that a legit top 6 player is going to present an improvement over the current weak links. Over 48 games, a 10% shooting percentage instead of six means about 10-11 goals. Call it 5 extra goals over 50 games for a legit winger in the top 6 instead of backlund.
If you can add one guy that gives you 5-6 extra goals over 24 games, or two guys that can do the same, you're a much better suited team to making noise in the playoffs.
The flames flat out couldn't compete offensively against the Ava last year because they couldn't score goals. Playoffs are about momentum and emotion and if you've got Zucker or Stone out there receiving passes from Tkachuk instead of Backlund or Frolik, who knows how the momentum shifts game to game? We know how it shifted when they had great chances and couldn't finish; it was a momentum killing let down.
I'm my mind, by bridging tkachuk they've already puts their chips in to go for it, so what's a few more to actually put together a hand and try to win the pot?
If the price for toffoli is a 2nd and a prospect, I'm pulling the trigger on just about anyone deal that has conditional picks in it instead of a body.
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