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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Do you think Brad has built a winning team in the last 6 years?
I will concede he has done something, if you take 16/17 as the starting point he has. I was wrong on that point and concede it.
On paper he has somewhere between the 3rd and 5th best group of forwards on paper in the North Division, he has a top 3 defence and one of the top 2 goalies in the division. There is a pretty significant gap up front between the Flames and the Leafs for instance On paper it looks like a team that should make the playoffs and be first round fodder for someone to me. I am not sure on paper it looks like a winning lineup. I have a hard time looking at the Flames on paper and credibly thinking they are a top 10 team in the NHL or even a top 2 team in the North.
I feel he has not and does not know how to build a winner. On that I guess we disagree, you feel he has built a winner or can build a winners.
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If we are comparing to the Leafs forwards let's consider they have
- Austin Matthews: Franchise forward drafted #1 overall
- Mitch Marner: Franchise forward drafted #4 overall
- John Tavares: Franchise forward that chose to sign in his home town
Says a couple things
- Highlights why Sam not working out has been so damaging to the re-build
- Add Matthews and Tavares to the Flames, who were acquired via means not available to Calgary - and things look pretty damn good.
Do you think that the Leafs' GM has performed better than the Flames' GM? Or did they simply have more favorable circumstances.