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Originally Posted by Hackey
I agree with the logic. Flames lack the high end talent. We basically have 4 good players but none are stars. They also lack other skills to make up for it. Tkachuk and Monahan aren't very fast. Gaudreau is small. Monahan isnt a playmaker. Lindholm is the most complete but I'd say hes a top 6. Not sure if he's a true first liner. A very good compliment but dont think he can carry a line.
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What is a true first liner though? There's a difference between a first liner, and a superstar. You're not going to have a first line of Ovechkin, Crosby, and McDavid in this Salary Cap era. I would say with Lindholm's performance the two season's he's been here thus far, he's definitely a first liner.
Also I would argue about the team not having star players. Tkachuk was an All-Star this year, and Gaudreau has been for a few seasons also. The team does have star players, but this season they're not performing to their career bests, which is why the team is struggling a lot. Gaudreau last season was performing to Superstar quality for the first half of the season. For the rest of it, he was within star tier. But Gaudreau hasn't had superstar, or even star caliber performances in the playoffs. So the team is missing that star player that can still perform come the playoffs.