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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Not sure how you can say he isn't a top six player offensively.
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Because he hasn't produced numbers to support that claim?
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Literally the one season he played in that spot, as a winger, he produced 18 goals and 18 assists - as a rookie.
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And in four years since he's headed in the wrong direction. Coach, after coach, after coach has not been confident to move him up the lineup. No one in the Flames organization seems to believe he's a top six player.
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He's earned a shot to play with offensive players, and that's what he should be rewarded with.
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We will find out next season. I don't think he's earned anything except a chance to play on the third line. That is his opportunity to seize. If he excels there over 30-40 games, and shows some consistency in his game, then he might deserve a shot further up the lineup.