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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
It was an expansion team basically.
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Depends how you look at it.
The top 2 F and top 2 D are still the top line and pairing on today’s Flames. Backlund was a fine 2C
The top line Johnny- Monahan - Hudler was good. Very good. Hudler winning an award good.
As another poster mentioned, the team had no cap issues and tons of space. Clean slate
The D was also pretty good. Prime Gio and Brodie, Wideman putting up a lot of points, Russell blocking everything and also putting up 34 points. Engelland patrolling the bottom pairing and providing veteran leadership ..
A rag tag group on F otherwise, but Backlund and Glencross were decent middle sixers, Stajan a depth pro. Byron was a solid speedy player.
Yeah. Hartley really got a lot out of that roster. Tre must have hated having to keep him an extra year due to the Jack Adams
I can only imagine how horrible that team could have been if Johnny didn’t pan out, or if Tre had turfed Bob immediately and brought in hand picked coach Gully *shudder*