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Originally Posted by sketchyt
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.
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I think 1-2 punch is what the Flames were trying to achieve with Monahan and Lindholm and why they tried so hard to make it work. Another example is Bergeron-Krecji though Bergeron is arguably elite (just in a different way than constant PPG seasons). St. Louis is similar - O’Reilly isn’t a game breaker offensively - but he’s very good in both ends and Schenn is a threat at 2C.
One thing is clear to me though, to pull that off you usually need one or both of your two top lines to be able to go head to head against the opposing top line. Bergeron could compete against any top centre and play them evenly because most are not as good defensively. And then Krecji could feast on lesser opposition.
Oh and, yeah, Karlsson and Marchessault are usually on the same line.