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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
I am not ready to give up on this core.
No, I do not think this is an elite core, but it's no worse a core than most cup runners-up in the last decade, and a few cup winners.
Blow it up when we get an NHL head coach and the results remain unchanged.
Here is one very basic criteria you can have for whether a head coach is NHL caliber
Has _______ gone to the AHL Calder Cup final in the last decade or the NHL Conference Finals?
No?
Then no thanks.
Yes?
Then maybe, if their style is a fit on the ice. I don't care if they're a player's coach or disciplinarian, I care if they know how to get the most out of our best players.
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Love your optimism regarding this core. Unfortunately I have given up completely on this group of players, they have proven multiple times that they are not going to get it done.
Anyways I respectfully disagree with the above bolded.
All of those teams in the SCF, whether the winner or the runner up, have elite depth down the middle, way above average top 6, and at least one elite d man. This iteration of the Flames have never had elite depth down the middle. Monahan, Backlund and Lindholm are decent players but get easily outmatched pretty quickly by any SCF winner or runner up's depth down the middle.