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Originally Posted by Red
Half of the Flames top 6 are top 10 draft picks. Damn, we are bucking all trends.
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The Flames only really have 4 true top 6 players.
Arguments can be made on Backlund, Mangiapane and Dube but the latter two are still developing and working towards that IMO and Backlund has always been more suited as the 3rd line C to me.
We can get into a debate about how you define a top 6 player but to me those three aren’t quite there.
I do think Mangiapane and Dube can get there and are getting close.
Maybe the Flames should try out a top 6 of:
Gaudreau-Lindholm-Dube
Tkachuk-Monahan-Mangiapane
1st group can play a high pace skill game and the 2nd group can muck things up along the boards, cycle the puck and mix up the regular forward pairings that have seriously gone stale.