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Originally Posted by dissentowner
I strongly disagree. I think we have the horses but they are race horses and Ward uses them like clydesdales.
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I think we over value our horses, I think the fanbase here (and probably everywhere) sees good guys as elite and mediocre guys as good. Stars SECOND line center is Pavelski, who is better than our first line center. Come on.
We dredged two defensemen from... nowhere...right at the end of the season to play the third pairing. Our best shot at a third pair included Forbort. Not a call up, not a popcorn-guy waiting in the wings.
Dallas has an injury, and calls up a guy who punches in 3 goals in a game 7. Nice. Flames can bring in, uh.... Rinaldo.
The Flames top end isn't good enough, and the bottom end isn't good enough. They are deep, but mediocre through and through in that depth, and that's why better teams beat them year in and year out. Having 6 guys who can play center is great. But it would be even better if a couple were really, really good.