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Originally Posted by dino7c
Gaudreau is a playmaker, not every star is a power forward who carries the team in his back. Play to guys strengths don't expect them to be something they are not.
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Even Iggy, one of the best power forwards of his era and a 1st ballot Hall of Famer couldn’t carry the Flames on his back, what chance did Gaudreau have. This management group, much like many of the other previous Flames GMs couldn’t seem to see that you cannot build on the wing.
We’ve had the right wingers the whole time, but what we didn’t have were the right centers. Monahan, Lindholm and Backlund are just ok, maybe league average in the grand scheme of things and much like our placement in the standings have indicated, we were just ok, probably about league average. We topped out as a just a bubble playoff team or first round fodder.