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Originally Posted by timbit
Just my opinion, he was just short of being horrendous.
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I didn't think he had a lot of help. I thought Lindholm was very disappointing. Monahan was okay.
Flames' problem, as it has been for most of the year, is team depth.
Tobi Rieder is a great fourth-liner... they're playing him in the top-six.
Derek Forbort is a bottom-pairing dman coming off a big injury... and he's being relied upon to play incredibly difficult minutes.
Rinaldo is a good regular-season deterrent... he shouldn't be playing a regular shift in the playoffs.
Alan Quine is an AHLer... he shouldn't be playing a regular shift in the playoffs.
I feel more hopeful than I did after last year's playoffs because next year, the Flames will have had one more year of development from Dube and Mangiapane. Tkachuk, Monahan, and Lindholm will still be around with another year of playoff experience under their belts. They'll have new pieces in the lineup after the summer shakeup.
And, hopefully, they'll have identified their serious depth issues and will have adjusted accordingly.