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Originally Posted by btimbit
Aside from not having an RW, what's your issue with the team?
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Well he has dropped a lot of money on the backend and the dmen can neither really create offence or defend very well as a collective. For instance we spend 3 million more on the backend than the Leafs and I am not really sure which team has the better group of 6 dmen. Rielly is a far better offensive dman option than anything we have, Muzzin is comparable to Tanev and we just do not get enough from the rest of the d-core to definitively say it is better than Toronto's defence.
Two injuries up front this year have really exposed the lack of depth in the system, putting guys like Ritchie and Robinson into a NHL lineup. Even before that having PTO quality forwards like Nordstrom, Simon and Leivo as options for your top 12 exposes a lack of depth. Most teams would have players under 23 and on entry level contracts or contracts with the monetary value of entry level contracts in those positions. The Flames do not really have those options outside of Phillips so they have to use a PTO revolving door each year.
Those would be two issues for me compared to what you would expect on a true Cup contender.