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blankall · 02-26-2020, 01:36 PM

Obviously you'd rather have the 2019 version of Giordano, Gaudreau, and Monahan than this year's version thus far.

I do agree with your main point though. Defensive and forward depth looks much better. The bottom line guys are all of much higher quality than last year's team. The 2020 versions Mangiapane, Andersson, Rittich, and Tkachuk are all significantly improved too.

First step is to secure a playoff spot though. The Flames have unfortunately placed themselves in a playoff race in admittedly not so great Western conference, but one with a lot of mediocre depth. IE: The top end out side of STL/COL may not be great, but the number of bubble caliber teams is high.

02-26-2020, 01:36 PM	#3
blankall Ate 100 Treadmills Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	Obviously you'd rather have the 2019 version of Giordano, Gaudreau, and Monahan than this year's version thus far. I do agree with your main point though. Defensive and forward depth looks much better. The bottom line guys are all of much higher quality than last year's team. The 2020 versions Mangiapane, Andersson, Rittich, and Tkachuk are all significantly improved too. First step is to secure a playoff spot though. The Flames have unfortunately placed themselves in a playoff race in admittedly not so great Western conference, but one with a lot of mediocre depth. IE: The top end out side of STL/COL may not be great, but the number of bubble caliber teams is high.