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Originally Posted by New Era
Gary Roberts who played with Nieuwendyk and Loob? He was 21 when that line first tasted success, then was only 22 when they won the cup and where he was a key player on the team. The next year he would score 39 goals, then two years later break the 50 goal barrier at age 25. When was he a bubble player?
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Roberts definitely looked like a bubble player before they put him on that line. Mind you, he was still learning to play pro, but he honestly showed very few signs of the player that he would eventually become. He spent a lot of time looking like a big meathead who took dumb penalties while riding shotgun, but it was his good fortune that most of the Flames' LWs were pretty much the same.
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