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Originally Posted by dissentowner
What key pieces? Shattenkirk? Nope, they had lots of depth D and were healthy on the blue line. His play was trending down and he had an ugly contract Not remotely the same situation.
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Shattenkirk was a pending UFA when they dealt him. Injuries or not it still took a guy playing 20 minutes a night out of their lineup who was on their top PP unit.
The next year they traded Paul Statsny who was a #2 center and they missed the playoffs by 1 point.
So its not the same than again injuries are unpredictable and can happen anytime. So just because the Flames have some now should not impair the thought process. This is an inconssistent team that has 1 playoff win in the previous 3 seasons. To me thats enough data to prove the core is lacking and the roster needs to be improved.