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Originally Posted by djsFlames
That begs the question, how is Vegas icing such a competitive team consistently with underwhelming center depth?
There's a glut of good players there, but they have demonstrated that top end centers are not necessarily a prerequisite to being a good team in the current NHL.
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I disagree with underwhelming... I'd say underrated. Certainly from a top end standpoint there's no MacKinnon there, but Karlsson and Marchessault are a solid 1-2 punch. Very smart offensive players, with non stop motors and play decent 200 ft hockey. It would be like the Flames having two players of Monahan's production level.
Glass, Roy and Stephenson are also decent bottom sixers with Glass having offensive upside.
If anything, their C depth highlights the need for the Flames to acquire/develop another middle-6 C, at minimum.